While the Biden administration approved California’s effort to ban new sales of gas-powered cars by 2035, the Golden State’s automotive future remains uncertain. The incoming Trump administration is likely to try to undo the December approval — and a wave of litigation will also probably challenge the Biden administration’s decision.

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a waiver to allow California and the twelve other states that have adopted its emissions standards to ban gas-powered cars

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave the Golden State the greenlight on two major clean air rules this week. One will phase out sales of new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035 and the other sets stricter emission standards for heavy trucks.

With the new year comes new laws in California. Specifically, there are at least three related to cars. Carter’s death sparked a rare, likely scenario that hasn’t occurred in over half a century. President-elect Trump on the campaign trail made grandiose promises to voters to bring down costs quickly,