California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 2035

Goodbye gas

Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images The state which helped bring car culture to the forefront of American life is preparing to do the same with electric vehicles. In a lull between dangerous hot-weather patterns during the worst fire season in California’s history, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday banning the sale of new, gas-powered cars and passenger trucks beginning in 2035.

Already, the state is ahead of the country when it comes to electric cars: While 2 percent of new vehicle sales nationally were electric, that number was 5.3 percent in California, where transportation makes up over half of the state’s carbon pollution.

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