Oregon Starts Phasing Out Gas-Power Vehicles to Meet Air-Quality Goals
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
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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.
