The war on choice of transportation has gotten a reprieve from Virginia’s governor and the hot-rodding aftermarket.
Virginia has opted out of a coalition of 17 states that have adopted California’s vehicle emission standards. Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Wednesday that Virginia is abandoning the resolution adopted by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021 and will default to federal standards at the end of the year. The executive order means thatwill not be required to be phased out by the year 2035 as they will be in California.
“Seventeen states have attached themselves to California’s emissions standards over the past 20-plus years. Nine states have passed laws and/or resolutions rejecting government deciding what technology American consumers must purchase and buy,” said SEMA President and CEO Mike Spagnola. “Virginia is now the first state in the nation to untangle itself from California’s emissions standards and.
Virginia lawmakers passed a law in 2021 under Youngkin’s predecessor tying the state to California’s emissions standards, which include California’s 100-percent-EV mandate by 2035. Since then, SEMA-supported bills aiming to repeal the law have narrowly failed to pass the Democratically controlled legislature. Elected in 2021, Youngkin campaigned on repealing California’s standards and pledged to follow through during his 2023 State of the Commonwealth address.
“It defies common sense that in 2021 lawmakers decided that instead of writing our own electric vehicle laws, Virginia would simply do whatever California decided to do,” said Youngkin. “Because lawmakers outsourced their responsibilities and surrendered our values to California, Virginians face a mandate starting in 2024 that limits and eventually bans the buying ofor trucks. Unless we act, Virginia is hostage to the extreme policies of California.
SEMA has led the charge to pass laws and/or resolutions in nine states that would outlaw state and local governments from mandating a single vehicle technology over others and protect the American consumer’s right to choose the vehicle technology that best suits them and their families. SEMA’s efforts also led to the successful delay of the adoption of California's ICE ban in Connecticut and Maine earlier this year.
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