(The Center Square) — A coalition of New York business groups are calling on the Hochul administration to put the brakes on the state’s California-inspired rule banning sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2030, saying the mandate will cost jobs and drive up consumer costs.
In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, the groups said New York’s embrace of California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule — requiring 35% of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2026 — is “incongruent with infrastructure readiness, consumer demand, and economic conditions.”
“If left unchanged, this rule will drive up costs, disrupt supply chains, and push both businesses and consumers into difficult choices,” they wrote. “The reality is that market-driven EV adoption is happening, but at a pace that reflects
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