With help from Camille von Kaenel, Noah Baustin, Nico Portuondo and Mike Lee California is fending off another Trump attack on EV rules. | Rich Pedroncelli, File/AP PAST IS PRESENT: California is looking to the past for a path forward after the Trump administration axed its electric vehicle sales mandates. A decade-old rule could hold the key to the state’s regulatory future. State air quality officials will start next week putting together new rules for heavy-duty truck emis

California Air Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez said the timeline is an open area of discussion. California air quality regulators say the state's 2035 ban on gas car sales is open for discussion. Richard Vogel/AP California regulators are reconsidering the state’s 2035 deadline for phasing out new gas car sales, the state’s top air quality official confirmed Wednesday. What happened: California Air Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez said the agency will “rethink” the s

Welcome to the next — and probably slower — phase of U.S. EV adoption after yesterday's demise of federal purchase and lease subsidies. Why it matters: The future of EV sales affects automakers' strategies, battery and mining companies, and planet-warming emissions from transportation. Driving the news: Credits up to $7,500 for many new EVs — initially put in place until 2032 under the Biden climate law — are gone under the quick phaseout in the GOP budget law. So are credi

Electric vehicle sales are expected to plummet after tax credits disappear Sept. 30, but there could be a silver lining: It's an opportunity for charging infrastructure to catch up with demand. Why it matters: Worries about where to charge have long been a hindrance to EV adoption.