NRDC Urges CARB To Strengthen ZEV Sales Rule To Help Meet Biden Goal

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is laying out detailed arguments for why California air officials should significantly tighten their proposed light-duty zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate regulation for 2026-35 model years, including that the current plan will fail to enable achievement of President Joe Biden’s 2030 national goal. “President Biden set a national goal of 50% electric vehicle [EV] sales by 2030,” but California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff’s “model year 2030 target must be raised to plausibly enable...