The biggest thing is charging stations. If you're going to have millions of electric cars on the road, you need way more charging stations than we have now. There are charging stations out there, especially in urban areas. It's going to take literally billions in investment to build out the charging network that we're going to need for 2035.
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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