California’s move to ban sales of new gasoline-fueled cars could spread to other states

Amna Nawaz:

California’s rule still needs EPA approval, which the Biden administration has indicated it will likely grant.

Its impact, though, could reach far beyond the Golden State. Seventeen states comprising about 40 percent of national car sales already follow California’s vehicle emission standards. Experts say most will likely apply the new mandate once it’s approved. At least three of those states have so-called trigger laws in place, automatically matching California’s standards.

In Virginia, that trigger law has triggered a political fight.