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California drivers looking for a cleaner ride will have many more options to choose from, thanks to a landmark decision by the state's Air Resources Board. In a move long advocated by NRDC, the board recently voted to adopt new clean-car standards that will dramatically cut the carbon pollution of new cars in half and smog pollution by a whopping 75 percent, while halving gasoline consumption. The board also moved to significantly expand the state's Zero Emission Vehicle program and to add more than 3 million electric cars to the roads in California and 10 other states that have adopted the same standards by 2025.

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