New York to Ban New Gas Vehicles by 2035, Gradually Tighten Emissions Standards for ICE Vehicles: All Details

New York joins California and other jurisdictions around the world that have set their sights on the polluting automobile sector to combat climate change in recent years.

By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 30 September 2022 12:39 IST

New York to Ban New Gas Vehicles by 2035, Gradually Tighten Emissions Standards for ICE Vehicles: All Details

The regulations will gradually tighten emissions standards for vehicles with internal combustion engines

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The directive sets interim targets of 35 percent of sales by 2026
The regulations will also gradually tighten emissions standards
Britain, Singapore and Israel are eyeing 2030 to end sale of petrol cars

New York advanced a plan Thursday to require that all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 be zero emissions, state Governor Kathy Hochul said.

After signing legislation last year, Hochul announced officials were putting their "foot down on the accelerator" after having been required due to a federal law to wait for California to pass its own legislation.

California ruled in August that an ever-increasing percentage of new cars sold to the state's 40 million inhabitants must produce no tailpipe pollutants, until their total ban in 2035.

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Following that decision, Hochul directed New York authorities to move on regulatory steps to ensure all new passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs sold in the state are zero emissions by 2035.

The directive sets interim targets of 35 percent of sales by 2026 and 68 percent by 2030.

"We actually have benchmarks to achieve to show we're on the path to get there," Hochul said in a speech in the city of White Plains.

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The regulations will also gradually tighten emissions standards for vehicles with internal combustion engines.

To offset costs of EVs, Hochul announced further funding for a rebate program for purchasers and touted advances in the state's charging infrastructure.

The state is also due to receive $175 million (roughly Rs, 1,430 crore) from the federal government for its charging network.

California and New York join jurisdictions around the world that have set their sights on the polluting automobile sector to combat climate change in recent years.

Britain, Singapore and Israel are eyeing 2030, while the European Union wants to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035.

Last year, the Associated Press reported that US President Joe Biden had announced a commitment from the auto industry to produce electric vehicles for as much as half of US sales by the end of the decade, while declaring the US must “move fast” to win the world's carmaking future.

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