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MicroWave Nov 22, 2023

New Jersey banning sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035

New Jersey banning sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 - Lemmy.World

New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants, officials announced Tuesday. A rule that will take effect Jan. 1 commits the state to an eventual move toward zero-emission vehicles, the state Department of Environmental Protection said in a news release. It is one of a growing number of states to do so, including California, Vermont, New York, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland and Connecticut, according to Coltura, a Seattle-based nonprofit advocating for an end to gasoline vehicle use. New Jersey will start limiting the amount of new gasoline-powered cars that can be sold in the state starting in 2027, eventually reaching zero in 2035.

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ArbitraryValue Nov 22, 2023

I’m surprised that this is something voters support. I see plenty of people who like electric cars on the internet, but I assumed that that was because the web pages I go to attract unusual people. I would have guessed that the majority of Americans wouldn’t trust new electric technology and that they would get pretty angry if they wanted a new car but they weren’t permitted to buy a gas-powered one.

Is this an issue of environmentalists being a vocal minority while most voters simply don’t care what politicians promise to do twelve years from now?

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BombOmOm

I would have guessed that the majority of Americans wouldn’t trust new electric technology and that they would get pretty angry if they wanted a new car but they weren’t permitted to buy a gas-powered one.

You would be correct with your guess.

The way to win people over is to make EVs the better product. Cars didn’t beat out the horse and buggy because cars were mandated, they won because they were a better product.