Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) took aim at California’s plans to ban gas-powered cars, telling reporters at a recent press conference in Florida that due to continued reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity to charge electric vehicles (EVs), the scheme is self-defeating and silly.
Rubio made the remarks during a press conference in West Palm Beach on Sept. 16, in which he said California lacks the ability to produce enough electricity with solar and wind to meet the state’s plans to phase out sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 and replace them with electric vehicles.
“If they’re going to go to all battery-powered cars, then I guess they’re going to be charging their cars with coal and natural gas, because that’s how you produce electricity because they don’t like nuclear plants,” Rubio said….