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WEBVTT POWER.IN FACT, WE SPOKE WITH ONEDRIVER WHO TOLD US HER CAR NEEDSTO CHARGED UP EVERY 90 MILES.rtKIRSTEN WISE LOVES DRIVING HERELECTRIC VEHICLE.SHE SEES IT AS A BIG PART OFCALIFORNIA'S FUTURE.>> I AM DRIVING A KIA SOUL AND IBOUGHT IT IN MARCH.rtAND I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE I DON'TWANT TO PAY GAS TAX.MIKE: GOVERNOR BROWN'S GAS TAXWILL RAISE PRICES AT THE PUMP BYrt$.12 A GALLON FOR GASOLINE,STARTING NOVEMBER 1. THAT MAKES ELECTRIC VEHICLESMORE ATTRACTIVE, IF YOU CAN FINDA CHARGING STATION.>> SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIrtNDCHARGING.WE ALL FIGHT FOR SPOTS AT TIMES.MIKE: AND TRY TO DO OUR BEST TOMOVE IN AND OUT, SO THAT OTHERPEOPLE CAN CHANGE.rtELECTRIC VEHICLES HAVE TO MOVEEVERY FOUR HOURS AT THIS CITYGARAGE, WHERE CHARGING STATIONSARE LIMITED.>> WE ARE ON OR LAST AGENDAITEM.MIKE: YET CALIFORNIA ISDETERMINED TO PHASE OUTGAS-POWERED VEHICLES TO CUT DOWNrtON POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSEGASES.THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD IS NOWCONSIDERING A NEW MANDATE, THAT40% OF ALL CARS SOLD INCALIFORNIA MUST BE ELECTRIC BY2030, JUST 13 YEARS FROM NOW.>> EVERYONE AGREES THAT ELECTRICrtVEHICLES ARE GOING TO DOMINATE,IF NOT COMPLETELY REPLACECOMBUSTION ENGINES.MIKE:rt DAN SPERLING IS THEDIRECTOR OF THE UC DAVISINSTITUTE OF TRANSPORATIONSTUDIES.HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AIRRESOURCES BOARD, AND TOLD US,CALIFORNIA IS WORRIED ABOUTrtLOSING MARKET SHARE TO CHINAWHICH SOLD 500,000 ELECTRIC, VEHICLES LAST YEAR ALONE.>> AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHYWE SHOULD GET OUR ACT TOGETHER,BECAUSErt OTHERWISE THE CHINESECARS ARE GOING TO DOMINATE THEWORLD MARKET.MIKE: BUT IN CAR-CRAZYrtCALIFORNIA, WEANING DRIVERS FROMTHE PUMP IS NO EASY TASK. EVEN FOR PEOPLE LIKE VITALIYELETS, WHO OWNS A DIESEL TRUCKAND A HYBRID VEHICLE.>>rt I HAVE TOYOTA PRIUS, BUT IOR YOU KNOW, THAT IS LIKE ABICYCLE.rtMIKE: BUT OTHERS SEEM WILLING TOGIVE UP THE GAS VEHICLES.>> IT'S OUR PLANET MAN.I MEAN, NOT TO SOUND LIKE ArtHIPPIE, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING

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California is looking to set up new rules for the road that will change the way we drive. The California Air Resources Board is considering new mandates to dramatically increase the number of electric cars, while phasing out vehicles that use gasoline or diesel fuel.Kirsten Wise is already ahead of the game. She loves driving her electric vehicle from her home in Lincoln to work in Sacramento. "I am driving a Kia Soul and I bought it in March,” Wise said. “And I bought it because I don't want to pay the gas tax.”Gov. Jerry Brown’s gas tax will raise prices by 12 cents a gallon for gasoline starting Nov. 1. That price hike seems to make electric vehicles more attractive to buyers if they can find a charging station. “Sometimes it's hard to find charging stations,” Wise said. “We all fight for spots at times and try to do our best to move in and out so that other people can charge.”Electric vehicles must be moved every four hours at Sacramento’s City Hall garage, where charging stations are limited. Yet, California is determined to phase out gas-powered vehicles to cut down on pollution and greenhouse gases. The California Air Resources Board is now considering a new mandate: 40 percent of all new cars sold in California must be electric by 2030, just 13 years from now. “Everyone agrees that electric vehicles are going to dominate if not completely replace combustion engines,” said Dan Sperling, director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Sperling is also a member of the Air Resources Board. He said California is worried about losing market share to China, which sold an estimated 500,000 electric vehicles last year alone. “That's another reason why we should get our act together,” Sperling said. “Because otherwise the Chinese cars are going to dominate the world market.”But in car-crazy California, weaning drivers from the pump is no easy task even for people like Vitali Yelets, who owns a diesel truck and a hybrid vehicle.“I have a Toyota Prius but I cannot pull a trailer,” Yelets said. When it comes to hauling, Yelets said his Prius was “like a bicycle.”“Electrical vehicles are okay, but not that powerful. I have a diesel truck that's more powerful,” he explained.Other drivers said they were willing to give up their gas-powered vehicles. “We really need to push to think about the environment,” Sacramento driver Pamela Gifford said. “And what we need to do as a human species is take control over how we affect the planet.”“It's our planet, man," driver Angel Lopes said. "I mean, not to sound like a hippie, but what are you going to do if that's safer for everybody. Then I'm all for phasing out gas.”Last year, some 40,000 electric vehicles were sold in California, but the limited number of charging stations is a big challenge. The state is looking to provide more incentives to help build more charging stations.As for an actual ban on gasoline combustion engines, Sperling said that was unlikely to happen. “You just can’t tell a car company, 'You’ve got to sell a car that, oh by the way, costs more than other cars.’ You got to help them. You know, we’re all in this together.”