Just when the world is gradually moving towards electric vehicles, and even some regions are setting to completely replace internal combustion engine vehicles, Wyoming in the United States unexpectedly moved in the opposite direction.The state launched on Friday Senate Joint Resolution 4 (SJ4) Bill, proposed to gradually ban the sale of electric vehicles by 2035. The bill has considerable support in the state legislature.
It is mentioned in the bill that Wyoming has a “valuable and proud” oil and gas industry, which not only brings “numerous” job opportunities, but also pays a lot of attention to state taxes. On the other hand, electric vehicles are facing insufficient charging infrastructure and need “a large amount of additional power generation equipment” to support this “wrong direction”.
However, SJ4 still dare not be too radical after all. Although it is said to be “banned”, in the end, it can only ask individuals and companies to “spontaneously” restrict the purchase and sale of electric vehicles, and it cannot really force people’s car purchase decisions. To some extent, it is more of a statement, the state Senator Boner to the local newspaperWyoming hopes that those who promote electric vehicles can face up to its technical and practical limitations, instead of California, New York and other big states with a semi-coercive attitude, threatening small states to set mandatory electric vehicle goals. As far as the latter is concerned, the bill also specifies at the end that a copy of the resolution will be sent to US President Biden and California Governor Newsom.
