In the midst of a brutal heat wave and devastating fires, California is taking increasingly dramatic steps to combat climate change. State regulators voting unanimously late today to put the internal combustion engine on the extinction list. Today, my colleague Neil Baudette talks about one of those measures.
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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