Stars Aligning for an All-Electric Auto Industry in 2035?

As you know, electrification is accelerating rapidly within the automotive industry at present, and the expectation it will only speed up further. An ever-increasing number of manufacturers are announcing their plans to switch to all-electric vehicle lineups within the next 10 to 15 years – among them GM, Nissan and Volvo. At the same, different levels of government have made their clear their intention to legislate out of existence the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles. Generally, the target for that is coalescing around the year 2035.

Here in Canada things are moving as well; in Quebec, things are already set for that year. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last September giving 2035 as the deadline; it even goes so far as to include heavy vehicles as of 2045.

And now the pressure is on at the highest levels of government. Two California senators are calling on President Joe Biden to follow their state's lead, at least when it comes to passenger vehicles.

According to Automotive News, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla sent a letter to the president asking for a national goal of eliminating sales of new gas-engine vehicles by 2035. The letter was not officially made public, but was apparently seen by Reuters, which also reported that the president was asked about setting a national fuel economy standard.

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