Wyoming resolution to ban the sale of new EVs by 2035 DOA

If the thought of being forced into an electric car makes you nauseous, don't plan a move to Wyoming just yet. Lawmakers in the Cowboy State proposed a resolution to ban the sale of new EVs in the entire state by 2035, but the measure was shot down after a lively debate.

Called Senate Joint Resolution 4, the resolution wouldn't have been an enforceable law. Had it passed, it would have been a symbolic measure that would have urged drivers not to buy an EV but that would have stopped short of making battery-powered cars illegal. The date wasn't chosen at random: 2035 is when a small group of states following California's lead plans to make gasoline-powered cars illegal.

The text pointed out a number of issues with electric cars: it noted that EVs aren't suited to Wyoming's roads due to the state's vastness and to the lack of a charging infrastructure, and it added that improving the infrastructure will "require massive amounts of new power generation in order to sustain the misadventure of electric vehicles." It also said that oil and gas production has "long been one of Wyoming's proud and valued industries" and that "countless jobs" depend on both sectors — idling production facilities will consequently slash numerous jobs.