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A first-in-the-nation US state mandate to phase out new internal-combustion vehicle sales strengthens decarbonization policy by targeting transport, a leading emissions sector.
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California orders all new car sales to be zero-emission by 2035 (Executive Order N-79-20)
On 23 September 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, directing the California Air Resources Board to require that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state be zero-emission vehicles by 2035, with medium- and heavy-duty trucks following by 2045 where feasible. It made California the first US state to set such a mandate, which CARB later codified in the Advanced Clean Cars II regulation.
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On 23 September 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, directing the California Air Resources Board to require that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state be zero-emission vehicles by 2035, with medium- and heavy-duty trucks following by 2045 where feasible. It made California the first US state to set such a mandate, which CARB later codified in the Advanced Clean Cars II regulation.
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