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On Aug. 26, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the Advanced Clean Cars Ⅱ regulations. These regulations are in response to Governor Gavin Newsom's 2020 executive order that requires all new cars sold in California to be zero-emissions by 2035. California is the first state in the nation to make such sweeping steps toward a zero-emission vehicle future, but other demo-crat-led states, such as New York and Oregon, are expected to follow suit soon.Electric vehicle sales are higher in California than anywhere else in the United States-mak-ing up 16 percent of total vehicle sales to date in 2022. Comparatively, electric vehicles make up only about 6 percent of total vehicle sales across the United States. However, EV sales are climbing nationwide, due in part to pro-electric vehicle policies from the Biden Administration and state governments.This summer, the U.S. Congress passed the In-flatten Reduction Act (IRA), which includes $369 billion in funding for emissions-reducing policies ranging from large-scale clean energy technology manufacturing investments to electric vehicle tax credits. The IRA includes a tax credit of up to $7,500 for personal electric vehicles. The credit amount depends on a variety of factors, such as whether the vehicle battery meets manufacturing standards, vehicle MSRP price, individual household income and Made-In-America provisions. |