California Electric Vehicle Sales Up, but Only Slightly

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that statewide sales of zero-emission vehicles had risen by almost 10,000 cars in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the first three months of the year. Californians bought 118,000 zero-emission vehicles in the second quarter, which amounted to 26 percent of all new vehicle sales, an Aug. 6 press release said. The rise in sales comes nearly four years after the governor signed an executive order in 2020 requiring all new car sales in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. “Our policies helped lay the groundwork for our transition to clean cars—and now Californians are making the switch in record numbers,” Newsom said in the press release....