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Traffic backs up at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza in California on Aug. 24, 2022. Oregon has joined California in banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars after 2035 in a push to transition to electric vehicles. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Gas-powered vehicles will soon be a thing of the past in Oregon.
A new rule adopted on Dec. 19 by Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission bans the sale of new gas-powered vehicles and requires all new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in the state to be “Zero Emission Vehicles” (ZEVS) by 2035.
Scottie Barnes writes breaking news and investigative pieces for The Epoch Times from the Pacific Northwest. She has a background in researching the implications of public policy and emerging technologies on areas ranging from homeland security and national defense to forestry and urban planning.
