Is California Jump-Starting the Electric Vehicle Revolution?

<p>As California watches the impact of rising temperatures devastate its environment with brutal heat waves and raging fires, the state is taking increasingly far-reaching steps to combat climate change.</p><p>One of those measures — banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 — could prove a turning point for the transition to electric vehicles.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/neal-e-boudette">Neal E. Boudette</a>, an automotive correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Not only is California the largest auto market in the United States, but more than a dozen other states also typically<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/climate/california-gas-cars-emissions.html"> follow California’s lead</a> when setting their own auto emissions standards.</li><li>Automakers such as<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/business/gm-zero-emission-vehicles.html"> General Motors</a> have equally ambitious aspirations for electric cars, but<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/business/energy-environment/electric-vehicles-automakers.html"> moving away from internal-combustion vehicles</a> will not be easy.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>