China News Agency, San Francisco, August 25. The California Air Resources Board voted to approve a new regulation on the 25th local time to ban the sale of gasoline-powered new cars across the state from 2035.

  CNN reports that starting in 2026, 35 percent of new cars, SUVs and minivans sold in California must be zero-emission vehicles.

This proportion will increase year by year, reaching 51%, 68% and 100% in 2028, 2030 and 2035, respectively.

  Through 2035, although the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles is banned, Californians will still be able to continue driving previously purchased gasoline-powered vehicles or trade them on the used car market.

In addition, 20 percent of new cars sold in California could include plug-in hybrids.

  Daniel Sperling, a CARB member and founding director of the UC Davis Transportation Institute, called the vote "the most important and transformative action" by CARB.

Transportation is the largest single source of emissions in California, accounting for about 40 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

The Associated Press reports that California will cut carbon emissions from cars in half by 2040 if the California Air Resources Board's goals are met.

  According to the report, California has the largest economy in the United States, and its new regulations passed on the 25th will be followed by more than a dozen other states in the United States. These factors will cause the new regulations to have a significant impact on the US auto market.

In addition, California is the seventh largest oil-producing state in the United States, and its oil industry will also face a "painful transition."

  As early as September 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the reduction plan.

The new regulations passed by California on the 25th still need federal approval before they can take effect.

  The new California rule would be one of the first of its kind in the world.

The Canadian government announced last June that the country would ban the sale of gasoline-powered new cars starting in 2035.

On June 8 this year, the European Parliament voted to support the European Commission's proposal to ban the sale of gasoline-powered new cars in 2035, seeking to accelerate the popularization of electric vehicles within the EU.

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