The Environmental Protection Agency granted a waiver on Dec. 17 to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) authorizing the enforcement of CARB’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations.
The controversial regulatory framework aims to phase out the sale of conventional internal combustion vehicles by 2035. Eleven other states have adopted California’s aggressive approach.
The ACC II regulations build upon the original Advanced Clean Cars program, which was adopted in 2012 and...