TREND. Banning Gas Powered Engines.

Business Trend: Volvo says by 2019 it will stop making gas combustion engine cars

Regulatory Trend: California’s chief air-pollution regulator says he’s talking to the California Governor about phasing out combustion engines sometime 10 years in the future. 

Can States phase out combustion engines? States can their own air pollution standards, but they need EPA approval

International Trend: 

• China has called for combusion engine ban at some myster date in the future.
• the UK and France set the end of the combustion engine at 2040.

Sacramento Bee | No more gas or diesel cars in California? State considers ban