Electric vehicles have passionate CT opponents and supporters. Here’s what they have to say.
Electric vehicles have passionate CT opponents and supporters. Here’s what they have to say. While supporters of electric vehicles point to them as less polluting and a tool to combat climate change, opponents have several arguments against the state’s proposal to require all vehicle sales be electric in 2035. Opponents and proponents spoke Tuesday at a public hearing on Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed regulation, based on the state’s 2022 Connecticut Clean Air Act and 2003 legislation that requires the state to follow California’s vehicle standards . But while environmentalists and other supporters of EVs spoke about how Connecticut needs to have cleaner air, there were far more who spoke against the proposed rule. Expense, safety, potential battery fires, reliance on raw materials from China and the Democratic Republic of Congo and free choice were mentioned by a number of speakers.