The legislature is apparently ready to pass a ban on fossil fueled off road engines under 25 hp. Lawn mowers, trimmers, chain saws, and a lot of the smaller tractors would fall under this ban.
California Off Road Fossil Fuels Powered Ban
"This bill would require the state board, by July 1, 2022, consistent with federal law, to adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from NEW (emphasis ed.) small off-road engines, as defined by the state board. The bill would require the state board to identify and, to the extent feasible, make available funding for commercial rebates or similar incentive funding as part of any updates to existing applicable funding program guidelines to local air pollution control districts and air quality management districts to implement to support the transition to zero-emission small off-road equipment operations."
Note "Where feasible and cost-effective".
Note that this hasn't been signed into law.
Note that it anticipates feasible battery power. Not push mowers.
Read the bill, not some random article somewhere.
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