Combustion prohibition from 2035: California kills Crosser and Co.

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Combustion prohibition from 2035
California kills Crosser and Co.

The US state of California has issued a burner ban from 2035. The ban explicitly only mentions cars, but a footnote in the regulation also applies to off-road motorcyclists.


Uli Baumann,

Dina Dervisevic (co-author)

06/09/2021

The largest car market in the USA is reacting to climate change and will ban combustion engines for cars from 2035. Ten years later, all large trucks are also to be converted to emission-free drives. In other words, there is no getting around the electric drive for new cars.

Crosser only with electric drive

A footnote in the ordinance announced by Governor Gavin Newsom also explains that from 2035 all off-road vehicles must be emission-free. This then affects buyers of enduro bikes, crossers, ATVs and side-by-side vehicles that are extremely popular in California. Since motorcycles are not listed in the entire combustion ban, the ban on off-roaders should only affect vehicles that are operated without a license (and there are plenty of them in California). Off-road two-wheelers with combustion engines and approval can therefore also be sold and moved from 2035 according to the current facts. In addition, the regulation also contains clear grandfathering.

What it also contains is a clear mandate to the environmental protection agency CARB to implement the regulation “to consistently pay attention to the technological feasibility and cost efficiency”. This passage theoretically gives vehicle manufacturers the opportunity to take action against the combustion engine ban. However, since the lead time is 15 years and various manufacturers – two-wheeler and four-wheeler – have shown that electric vehicles are feasible, contradictions are likely to have only a weak stand.

Crosser from MY 2022 only with a green badge

In addition to the lead time until 2035, there was also a grace period for crossers. This is not yet about combustion or electric, but about red or green badges. There should be a transition period for the crossers, during which they could still drive on public property with a red sticker. The environmental protection agency CARB expected that more and more manufacturers and dealers would switch to vehicles that meet the emission regulations for the green sticker. But the opposite happened. Following the path of least resistance, manufacturers produced more and more bikes that only got the red badge, as the demand was high and it would be more expensive to produce and certify models with a green badge.

Vehicles from model year 2022 with a red badge are now only intended for use in competitions, cannot be registered and are not permitted for recreational drives on public property in California. They may only be driven on private land or in private MX parks. This particularly affects the dealers and manufacturers, who with the 2022 year can only offer very few models that are not strictly reserved for the competition.


Combustion prohibition from 2035: California kills Crosser and Co.


Honda

Honda has already reacted and for model year 2022 is offering the models CRF50F, CRF110F, CRF125F and CRF250F as well as the CRF450RL and the CRF450X in California with the so-called “Green sticker” on.

Conclusion

California is suffering extremely from the consequences of climate change, especially with the forest fires. Now the US state is setting an example with the combustion ban.

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