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Largest U.S. auto¹ market is moving away from the internal combustion² engine

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The California Air Resource Board is expected to approve a plan Thursday to ban the sale of new gas cars by 2035. The state will have interim⁴ goals of 35% zero emission⁵ cars by 2026 and 68% by 2030.

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The largest auto market in the U.S. is stepping away from the internal combustion engine. Regulators are expected to approve a plan today to ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars in California by 2035. NPR's Nathan Rott reports the move could have widespread effects on the auto industry and also on climate change.

NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE⁶: Cars, trucks, SUVs - transportation like the kind constantly clogging⁷ Los Angeles streets is the largest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the country. To slow climate change, California regulators say they need to end traffic that sounds like this.

(SOUNDBITE OF VEHICLE WHIRRING)

ROTT: Lauren Sanchez is the senior climate adviser⁸ for California Governor Gavin Newsom.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

LAUREN SANCHEZ: This regulation, the first in the world, is a game-changer for California, setting the state on an accelerated course in our transition to zero-emission vehicles, tackling carbon pollution and moving to end the tailpipe.

ROTT: And it could be a game-changer for the 13 other states, including New York, that typically follow California's lead when it comes to tailpipe emissions⁹. All of those states encompass¹⁰ a full third of the U.S. auto market.

JESSICA CALDWELL: So I think, for automakers, they will probably look at this and think this is kind of what they're going to target for most of the country.

ROTT: Jessica Caldwell is the executive director of insight at the car data company Edmunds. She says automakers don't want to be making some cars for one part of the country and others for another. They want uniformity. And globally, electric vehicles, EVs...

CALDWELL: EVs are definitely the future of where autos are going. I don't think there's any question about that, especially when we look at what's been put in place by President Biden. I think it's just kind of, when is this really going to happen?

ROTT: Congress and President Biden just approved $370 billion for clean energy programs with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a law that provides tax credits for individuals looking to buy certain kinds of electric vehicles, money that will be sorely needed if low- and middle-income people are to buy cleaner cars. Liane Randolph chairs the California Air Resources Board.

LIANE RANDOLPH: We recognize that everyone is not going to be buying a very expensive, brand-new car. But we also know that prices will go down in the future, that the supply of vehicles will increase in the future.

ROTT: And that the more affordable¹¹ secondary market for electric vehicles will only grow with them.

Nathan Rott, NPR News, Los Angeles.

1 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

2 combustion   

n.燃烧；氧化；骚动

参考例句：

• We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
• The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

5 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

8 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

9 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

10 encompass   

vt.围绕，包围；包含，包括；完成

参考例句：

• The course will encompass physics,chemistry and biology.课程将包括物理、化学和生物学。
• The project will encompass rural and underdeveloped areas in China.这项工程将覆盖中国的农村和不发达地区。

11 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。