Virginia will shed its previously adopted standards to phase out the sale of new gas-powered cars, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday.
State Attorney General Jason Miyares backed the move in a legal opinion, saying that Virginia is not required to comply with California’s Advanced Clean Cars II standards, which require 100% of new car sales to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. State regulators earlier this year published standards aligned with California’s clean cars program.
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