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Connecticut to Phase out Fossil-Fuel Vehicles By 2035
« on: July 30, 2023, 06:01:00 am »
Connecticut to Phase out Fossil-Fuel Vehicles By 2035
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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/
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