California Declares Legal War After Senate Blocks Electric Vehicle Mandate — A Political, Economic, and Environmental Showdown

California-based businesses like Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid Motors have made public pledges to increase EV production. Tech behemoths like Apple, Google, and Salesforce have also pushed for more robust climate action at different levels of government.

Several West Coast CEOs issued a joint statement that stressed:

Electric vehicles are the way of the future

Ezoic “It is ill-advised and detrimental to American competitiveness to undermine California’s leadership in emissions regulation. Electric vehicles are the way of the future. Any action that postpones that future gives international rivals the upper hand.