The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 30, 2023, 10:01:00 am
-
Connecticut to Phase out Fossil-Fuel Vehicles By 2035
Heartland Author
July 28, 2023
(The Center Square) — Connecticut will join a handful of states in banning the sale of new fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2035, but critics say the dramatic shift to electric vehicles will be costly for consumers and could impact energy supplies.
On Wednesday, second-term Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont rolled out new regulations that will require car manufacturers to ramp up sales of electric vehicles in Connecticut leading to a ban on the sale of new fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2035.
The new rules will also apply to medium and heavy-duty vehicles, including tractor-trailers, garbage trucks and other larger vehicles, requiring at least 5% sold by 2027 to be electric and 60% by 2035, Lamont said.
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2023/07/connecticut-to-phase-out-fossil-fuel-vehicles-by-2035/