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Californians Urged To Stop Charging Electric Vehicles During Heat Wave

The warning comes one week after the state’s Air Resource Board announced a ban on the sale of new, gas-powered cars by 2035.

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An electric car is charged at a motor show in Germany. AP/Martin Meissner, file
SCOTT NORVELL
SCOTT NORVELL

Energy officials in California, which banned the sale of new, gasoline-powered vehicles starting in 13 years, are asking residents there not to charge their electric vehicles during peak periods this holiday weekend because of extreme temperatures.

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SCOTT NORVELL
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Mr. Norvell is National Editor of The New York Sun.

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