Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has vowed to sever ties with California’s automobile regulators after they approved a plan to end the sales of gasoline-powered cars in the Golden State by 2035 — a goal even California will struggle to reach.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has vowed to sever ties with California’s automobile regulators after they approved a plan to end the sales of gasoline-powered cars in the Golden State by 2035 — a goal even California will struggle to reach.
Under legislation signed by Youngkin’s Democrat predecessor, Ralph Northam, in 2021, left-wing legislators in Virginia tied their state’s vehicle emissions policies to those of California, which are among the strictest in the nation.regulations to implement a proposal to end the sales of most gas vehicles in the state by 2035, following an ambitious proposal announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020.
In a statement Friday, Youngkin said that he was “already at work to prevent this ridiculous edict from being forced on Virginians,” and blamed “liberal politicians who previously ran our government” for having “sold Virginia out.”