California regulators today approved a plan that would require 15.4 percent of new vehicles sold in the state be electric, fuel-cell or plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2025.
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The rule — supported by major automakers — is part of a broader package of regulations called the Advanced Clean Car program designed to cut vehicle greenhouse gas and smog-forming emissions.
The sweeping new auto emission standards could mean 1.4 million electric, fuel cell and plug-in hybrid vehicles on California roads by 2025.
“That’s actually a relatively modest goal, but that’s all that we’re mandating,” Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, said in a conference call with reporters following the vote
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