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The “Advanced Clean Cars II” plan would require zero-emission vehicles to make up 43% of new car sales for 2027 models and 82 percent of new sales by model year 2032, Crawford said. Those include electric and fuel-cell vehicles, along with a partial credit for plug-in hybrids, he said. Electric vehicles comprised 6% of new vehicle sales in the first quarter of the year, officials said. The rules already have been adopted in Vermont, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, Maryland, New Mexico, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia, in addition to California, Crawford said. Most of those states adopted the full California standard that requires 100% zero-emission vehicles in 2035, but Maine’s proposal stops short of that goal. Colorado and New Mexico adopted the same cutoff as Maine, he said. The California rules were rebuked last month in Connecticut, where Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont withdrew proposed regulations mirroring California’s clean vehicle standards. Lawmakers will seek a compromise when they return to work in the new year.
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