The only difference between this and the other climate cult states and nations is that it appears as if hybrids will still be acceptable. For now
To combat climate change, Oregon bans sale of new, 100% gasoline-powered cars by 2035
All new cars sold in Oregon by 2035 must be considered zero-emissions vehicles.
On Monday, Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission voted unanimously to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II Rule, requiring auto manufacturers to begin producing and delivering a growing number of zero-emission vehicles to Oregon beginning in 2026, so that they make up 100% of new vehicles sold in the state by 2035.
Zero-emissions vehicles include cars that are fully powered by electric batteries and plug-in hybrids that run on both electricity and gasoline, according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, which developed the rules and recommended the commission adopt them. The five governor-appointed commissioners are the rule-making authority for the Oregon Environmental Quality Department.
The zero-emission rule will not apply to used vehicles sold in the state. DEQ estimates that even with the requirement, about 50% of cars on Oregon’s roads in 2035 will still be gas powered. The rule requires manufacturers to produce more zero-emissions vehicles, but does not require Oregonians to buy them.
So, not even regular hybrids, just plugins (which are really, really stupid vehicles). Of course, the reporter for the Oregon Capital Chronicle fails to ask the members of the commission, which is totally unaccountable to the voting public, if they are driving these vehicles now. Same with asking the governor.
Our distinguished host quoted:
What if they don’t sell?
The auto manufacturers try to build and deliver the vehicles they believe will sell. Yes, Oregonians are just as whacko left as the denizens of the Pyrite State, but just because they want Other People to buy plug-in electrics doesn’t mean that they’ll want to buy one for themselves.
I can easily imagine that there will be an increasing number of fruits and nuts in the Beaver State who want to buy electric cars, but it strains credulity to imagine that 100% of them would.
There’s an obvious loophole: will Oregonians be allowed to register gasoline-powered vehicles after 2035? If they are, then they can just buy one from an out-of-state dealer.
Lease it. If the car is sold to the leasing company in another state, what can Oregon do? For that matter, the dealer could put a couple miles on the car and sell it as used.
Divorcing ourselves from the price of gasoline set by the Gul Arabs and Russia seems frightening to some. Well how many posters here are still young enough to be considering buying a new car in 2035? And if there are any,lol, just buy a 3044 and keep it for the last few years of your driving life
Thes very same knuckleheads are silent when their colleagues are demanding the state take down FOUR dams in the Klamath basin.
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Funny-“divorcing ourselves from the price of gasoline set by the Gulf Arabs and Russia”. And marrying ourselves to the unreliability of solar and wind? In other words, our energy supply would be dependent on the weather, and we know how dependable the weather is. On top of that, the price isn’t totally set by Arabs and Russians, but also by the US. Arab and Russian production combined is just over what the US produces alone
Recently read a brief mention in some financial column about auto manufacturers starting to ‘soften’ their position on EV’s. Apparently they see the limits of the EV market and want to be better situated.
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