Gov. Gavin Newsom Bans New Gasoline Cars in California By 2035

Trump attributes this notion to Biden and all Democrats in 4, 3, 2,....

"They'll take your guns AND your cars!"

Handsome guy.

Who's servicing big dick Gavin of late? Certainly it can't just be a wife.

While I applaud the decisive action, I wonder whether this might push CA the wrong direction - there is still a lot of power in the deplorable parts of the state and there are a lot of deplorable parts.

R2, He IS! Uniquely so.

As if California didn’t have enough rolling blackouts as it is. They’ll need to do a massive overhaul on their power grids and electrical supply before you can switch everything to e-car only. What’ll happen with all of the legacy cars? Will e-cars be affordable and reliable by then? Does this include utility vehicles that require diesel fuel and powerful engines? What does Elon have to say?

Why is he announcing this now? The political temperature is too hot right now and there’s already been a lot of change for everyone to digest. He should have waited until next year so that it can’t be used by Trump and the right as an example of just another “freedom” being taken away.

[QUOTE] Automakers are investing billions of dollars to bring new electric vehicles to consumers in the U.S. and other global markets, but their success hinges on securing the most critical and expensive component: the battery.

[QUOTE]A handful of companies based in China, Japan and South Korea make automotive-grade battery cells, which has upset the traditional dynamic between carmakers and parts suppliers. These battery giants — though little known to the general public and relatively new to the auto industry’s sprawling supply chain — are key to manufacturers' goals of bringing dozens of new EV models to U.S. showrooms by 2025.

[QUOTE]“There are not enough batteries to fulfill the automakers' near-term promises,” said Sam Jaffe, managing director of Cairn ERA, an energy-storage consulting firm in Boulder, Colo. “A lot of new battery factories are being built. But there is a battery-supply problem in the near term. All of the incumbent automakers are scrambling at this point.”

[QUOTE] Suppliers of batteries are wary of over-committing to any one automaker and eager to recoup the billions of dollars they have spent on production lines around the globe. Many are hedging their bets by crafting agreements with more than one partner. This small club includes the two South Korean rivals, Contemporary Amperex Technology of China and Japan's Panasonic.

[QUOTE]"Battery suppliers can be very picky with their OEMs," said Nathalie Capati, a former battery engineer at General Motors and Apple who now runs the Battery Lab, a consulting firm in San Francisco. "There are only a few cell suppliers who can meet their quality and volume. The automakers are at the mercy of cell suppliers these days.”

[QUOTE]Panasonic has long been joined at the hip with Tesla: The two companies operate the massive battery plant known as the Gigafactory outside of Reno, Nevada. CEO Elon Musk has complained the Japanese company operates at a pace that constrains output of Tesla's Model 3 sedan. Panasonic is adding a 14th battery-cell production line to the Nevada factory, a move that will increase output by 10%. But it's not beholden to Tesla: It also has a joint venture with Toyota.

[QUOTE]"Today's batteries can't scale fast enough," Musk said last month at Tesla's "Battery Day" event outlining the company's technology plans. "There's a clear path to success but a ton of work to do."

[QUOTE]Tesla also sources batteries from CATL and LG Chem. But the Palo Alto, California-based carmaker has an insatiable need for batteries and Musk is eager to wean the company of its dependence on outside suppliers. Tesla plans to make its own cells on a pilot line near its auto plant in Fremont, California, and at a new factory it is building in Austin, Texas.

[QUOTE]The EV push has taken on new urgency amid the dire climate crisis. European cities like Madrid and Paris and the Canadian province of British Columbia are among the jurisdictions phasing out the internal-combustion engine. And California, which has been choked with smoke from devastating wildfires, announced last month that it will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in 2035.

[QUOTE]By 2022, more than 500 different electric models will be available globally, according to an EV forecast from BNEF, which estimates that over half of all passenger vehicles sold will be electric by 2040.

Can't the next Governor just overturn this?

Yes, the next Republican Governor of California will surely overturn it.

Just use the homeless as horses and ride them to work.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose...

Awesome! Fossil fuels are the ruination of earth.

Good. I like initiatives that set the GOP's hair on fire.

Is he ever going to actually clean up his shithole state?

How peculiar - especially if we take into account that he has been issuing new permits for fracking in California at a record pace.

What is his reasoning for this? Once the environment is completely devastated and people are dying, fuel-propelled cars should be *gradually* phased out?

So much for environmental concerns, huh?

So, is he going to give free electric vehicles to people with gas powered vehicles who can’t afford to buy a new car? How will the cost of charging compare to that of gas? What about availability? Would it not make more practical sense to simply stop selling gas powered vehicles in-state and impose rigid restrictions on those that can be imported so that this change can happen gradually and allow the kinks to be ironed out in the process?

Is anyone in Hollywood actually going to go for this idea? These are the people that are flying all over the place in gas-guzzling jets.

They’ll make an exception for them, of course.

He needs to address water use and right of first appropriation. Ban lawns in Southern California. I love California, a Native Californian, but it's dying. Too many people, too few resources.

He's hot as shit. Can we talk about how sexy he is? He's similar to McConaughey- rangy, big nosed, Irishy in the style of Neeson. I find it extremely hot. But it's my look.

There is no way Gary Coleman would have been a worse governor than the ones we've had since 2003. No fucking way.

15 years is a long time, a lot can change between now and then.