The rule is going to have an impact across the country, he says. "It's a fundamental change in the way people go from point A to point B" Ford has started making this F-150 lightning electric pickup truck. It can power your home for a couple of days if you're camping or out into the wilderness.
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.
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.
Guest: Neal E. Boudette, an automotive correspondent for The New York Times.
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