Does anybody know if an EV with an onboard generator requires a Smog check just like an ICE? My motorhome does, but they never check the generator. Just wondering over my cup of coffee this morning.
Smog standards for generators?
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That's what I figured. So it will be interesting to see how California treats these types of cars in the furure. They want all ICE vehicles gone at some point. Hopefully they won't include these in their evil plan.
IIRC, that only affects new cars selling in 2035+. You can still keep driving your old ICE cars, as long as you can keep them repaired.
And even 2035+ still allow new EREVs to be sold even then.
But 10+ years into the future, most people will probably prefer EVs by then anyway as infrastructure will be MUCH better, an EVs will be much better with better battery technology.
Hasn’t California already banned sales of new gasoline powered outdoor equipment like lawn mowers and chain saws?
The wacko plan is to ban all new gasoline/diesel powered vehicles starting 2035 and I bet you they will ban any vehicle that has a internal combustion engine (was told California does not have the infrastructure to support this, let alone the electricity production capacity)
They are also trying to ban all diesel semis and have them stop at the border & switch to electric semis but that was impossible last I heard (according to a nephew who was a diesel mechanic in California)
My motorhome diesel generator doesn't need a smog check.
The Diesel engine driving the wheels does.
