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Buckel blasts governor’s proposal to phase out gas-powered cars

March 15th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

Governor Wes Moore and state environmental officials announced this week  that Maryland will adopt rules to phase out the sale of new, gas-powered cars by 2035, calling for a seismic shift in the state’s vehicle market in an effort to curb climate change. The governor’s announcement brings the state in line with California, which last year announced a goal of banning the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.  House Minority Leader Jason Buckel called the proposal unfortunate and counter-productive…

Maryland faces an uphill road in electric vehicle adoption, with the ownership rate currently hovering around 1 percent of total vehicles and the state far from its own goal of 300,000 registered electric vehicles by 2025…