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…