SDLS1Rider

By 2035

https://www.foxla.com/news/californi...90NxiTV93r_aMc

morepwr

I guess he figured it helps offset the smoke from the constant fires.

SDLS1Rider

One more reason to vote for Trump.

Vet Interested

We need an executive order banning Newsom.

My Vette Life

today's modern cars are ugly anyways and will probably look worse in 2035. Long as I have my classic chevy Im Good.

richardnielsen

This and many other reasons are why I'm leaving Commiefornia next week. This state is looney tunes. Convince me otherwise....

jmaci

Thats in process called RECALL!

cv67

What a dumbfk, that will help the rolling blackouts we get. Who voted this dik in?

MetalMan2

On another car group on Facebook, I had a similar comment... we have enough problems generating electricity in this state and electric cars will only make it worse. They're shutting down more power plants than they are adding other sources of energy generation...

skyavonee

Cool; EVs are the future, and this is a move in the right direction. Is it too ambitious? Maybe, I'm not sure. But, the EO doesn't ban owning, operating, or selling used cars - it only stops the sale of new gas cars, 15 years from now. That's a long time... think of how much progress EVs and charging stations have made over the last 5-10 years with relatively few models available. Given that every major auto manufacturer is currently investing in EVs to meet increased demand, it's safe to assume the technology in 2035 will be miles ahead of today.

As another commenter said, this has zero effect on classic cars. It also has zero effect on the C8, and even the C9 for that matter. It will certainly be interesting to see what the Chevy engineers and designers come up with for the all-electric C10, though.

skyavonee

I think most commuters probably charge overnight while energy consumption from other sources is low.

MetalMan2

EVs have definitely come a long way. My opinion, their battery/energy storage technology isn't far enough along for mass consumption. I'm sure this [arguably dumb] mandate will help spur further battery development, though.
For the record, my background is high performance electric motors and applications surrounding them. My current employer has supplied motors for Formula 1 and Formula E applications. But I think EVs still have a way to go.

I'd hope by the C9 they'll have an all-electric version It would surely have a better 0-60 than the C8 Z51's already-impressive sprint time.

Eh, it's not fair to consumers to count on that. And we have no idea what the grid demand would be even in the scenario you've suggested. My big hope is that CA doesn't screw us over and starts making REAL plans to increase energy generation.

Corvettes White

You are going to need to buy gas. He is a self serving ***.

skyavonee

Yeah, I agree with that. Personally, I'm waiting for the next battery tech evolution before jumping on the EV bandwagon. Current tech is plenty good enough for phones and laptops IMO, but only because I replace those every 3-5 years anyway. I prefer to keep my cars longer than that, though. I also have concerns about whether and how thoroughly all those rechargeable batteries can/will be recycled.

SDLS1Rider

Even at current demands our Utility company is asking us to commit to running our appliances after 9 at night to reduce high demands on the grid. They tell us our renewable energy sources can't keep up. Imagine if several million cars are being charged to commute 50 miles at 60 mph on a 3500 lbs vehicle. They had better start upgrading the grid and power generation now! 15 years isn't that long.

SDLS1Rider

Politicians, especially California politicians have been pushing toward non-emissions vehicles for years. Now that Newsome has made an executive order to ban all fossil fuel burning cars by 2035, the manufactures have probably betting that it will eventually become a reality. California has 40 million citizens. The market is huge. It would be devastating for a car company if they couldn't sell their product in California. For that matter why make a product that you can't sell in California (like a gas powered vehicle). Oil refineries, and oil distributers have to be asking themselves the same question. If most of California isn't filling their tanks once a week, why maintain a refinery there?


This could be a reason why the Camaro ZL1, Dodge Demon, and Shelby GT500 are going away (I think the corvette will stay as a halo car). The companies that make them are transitioning to a new culture mandated by politicians.

CJ Willys

Does this Kalifornia King have any alligators in his castle moat?
Asking for a friend

jmaci

California already has the most Electric cars in the state. California also has the most solar panels, which don't collect power at night. that's when the most electric cars are charging and that is why we had power outages this summer. I'm all for electric cars but someone isn't thinking this all the way through.

Corvettes White

To get a reality check on this, I pulled some numbers from a California & a US Government website.
In a year:

California uses 14,700,000,000 gallons of fuel for transportation.
That is 1,760,000,000,000,000 BTU of energy to move around.
Equivalent to 515,000,000,000 KWh of electricity.

California uses 260,000,000,000 KWh of electricity a year for everything.
Producing , of that, 195,000,000,000 KWhr internally.
So, the fifth largest economy in the World needs to triple its electric production by 2045 or so.
Not happening!

Driving a battery powered car is like having sex with a blow-up doll.
It gets you where you are going, but without warmth or emotion.

ufso

Shouldn’t talking about this POS socialist governor be in the Off Topic section?