Right-wing media are using this potentially deadly heat event to mock both electric vehicles and California’s new rule that would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. These attacks are littered with falsehoods about both EVs and what the gas car ban intends to do. At the same time, these attempts just distract from the fact that this event could result in California logging one of the hottest temperatures ever recorded on Earth.
California is not banning all gas cars — a point that has apparently been lost by some right-wing media
Again: California is not banning all gas cars, and the ban on new gas cars will take place 13 years from now.
California is neither banning people from charging EVs nor urging them not to do it at all; it is only asking them not to charge EVs during peak hours
California made the same request last year, and data shows that most EV owners don’t need to charge their EVs during peak hours
Some of the right-wing media discussion ignores this fact. A Daily Wire headline reads “California Asks Residents To Avoid Charging Electric Vehicles Due To Blackout Risk Days After Unveiling New Gas Car Ban.”