Environmental groups press California on electric car rules


A Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicle drives past some of the Waymo fleet being recharged at Waymos operations center in the Bayview district of San Francisco California U.S. October 19 2021.   REUTERSPeter DaSilva

A Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicle drives past some of the Waymo fleet being recharged at Waymo's operations center in the Bayview district of San Francisco, California, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 80 environmental groups and other organizations on Monday urged California Governor Gavin Newsom to impose tougher rules promoting electric vehicles even as the state is moving faster than President Joe Biden's administration.

"Californians being punished by high gas prices and climate disasters deserve the fastest all-electric future Gov. Newsom can deliver," said Scott Hochberg of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, one of the groups signing the letter.

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