17 states have adopted all or part of California’s low-emission and zero-emission vehicle regulations

Oregon, Washington, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland, Colorado, Delaware, New Mexico, Maine, Minnesota, Virginia, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.

To date, 17 states have adopted all or part of California’s low-emission and zero-emission vehicle regulations, as allowed under Section 177 of the Clean Air Act. This additional support for the clean vehicle market means that more than 35% of national new light-duty vehicle sales meet California automotive emissions standards.

The Advanced Clean Cars II regulations will rapidly scale down light-duty passenger car, pickup truck and SUV emissions starting with the 2026 model year through 2035.

The regulations are two-pronged. First, it amends the Zero-emission Vehicle Regulation to require an increasing number of zero-emission vehicles, and relies on currently available advanced vehicle technologies, including battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric and plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles, to meet air quality and climate change emissions standards. These amendments support Governor Newsom’s 2020 Executive Order N-79-20 that requires all new passenger vehicles sold in California to be zero emissions by 2035. Second, the Low-emission Vehicle Regulations were amended to include increasingly stringent standards for gasoline cars and heavier passenger trucks to continue to reduce smog-forming emissions.

California enjoys the largest zero-emission vehicle market in the nation.  To see the latest electric vehicle market share in CA, see the market share graphic as part of the Veloz Electric Vehicle Market Report.

The regulations will substantially reduce air pollutants that threaten public health and cause climate change. While further developing the zero-emission vehicle market, the regulations also take additional steps to clean up internal combustion engines and will provide public health benefits of at least $12 billion over the life of the regulations by reducing premature deaths, hospitalizations, and lost workdays associated with exposure to air pollution.

https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/advanced-clean-cars-program/advanced-clean-cars-ii

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