California Goes All-In on Electric

August 26, 2022

California now plans to ban sales of new gasoline-fueled cars by 2035. Since many other states often follow California’s lead, a New York Times report says this “groundbreaking move” could accelerate the nation’s transition toward electric vehicles. But as John D. Graham, Keith B. Belton, and Suri Xia write in Issues, US automakers and battery builders are far from ready to meet greatly expanded demand for EVs—and tellingly are far behind Chinese competitors. To help, the authors offer a detailed policy blueprint to strengthen US production of electric vehicles and make buying and driving EVs more appealing to consumers.

Posted by Tom Burroughs