Bacon's Rebellion

Virginia Untethered From California’s Nutty EV Regs

by Kerry Dougherty

Well, God bless Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares .

On Wednesday the dynamic duo announced that they’d found a way to undo some of the damage done by the commonwealth’s Democrats when these far-left lawmakers hooked Virginia’s wagon to California’s.

You can read the attorney general’s advisory opinion here.

Let’s back up.

In 2021 when Dems were running all three branches of Virginia state government, the General Assembly recklessly passed a bill – and the loathsome Ralph Northam signed it – linking our state laws on electric vehicles to California’s.

As if California is a state that any of the 49 others would want to emulate.

California has now revised its regs on EVs effective January 1, 2025 and Mirayes opines that we’re not obligated to follow the new ones.

Hallelujah!

The Richmond-Times Dispatch reports that “The new California mandates step up the pace to require that all new car, truck and SUV sales be zero emission vehicles by 2035, with 35% of new sales being electric vehicles in model year 2026.” Continue reading.

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