GOP Blocks State Rules on Clean Cars

May 2, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org

Republicans in the House this week moved to block California from carrying out state requirements to sell more electric trucks, limit a type of pollution that generates smog and ban the sale of gasoline-fueled automobiles by 2035.

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NJ SEED: Dozens of House Democrats joined with Republicans to vote in favor of a resolution to block California’s electric vehicle mandate. For decades California has led the nation with vigorous environmental regulations. Because California is the largest automobile market in the country, its clean air regulations affect interstate commerce. Automobile manufacturers produce vehicles to meet California’s standards, and the rest of the country has to buy them.