California’s air regulators have unveiled a plan that would simultaneously ramp up the sales of electric and zero-emission vehicles while phasing out the sales of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. But, automakers say that timeline is “extremely challenging” while environmentalists argue it’s too slow. POLITICO’s Colby Bermel reports.

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.

Colby Bermel is the energy reporter for POLITICO California.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO.

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.

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California’s ambitious gas car phase out plan