Well, coming from the Daily Mail UK which tends to exaggerate pretty much everything. I doubt this will actually happen, and if it does, those lawmakers will have to backtrack. Customers will just go to another state to buy their cars, which will result in loss of revenues due to less state tax collected. Also, the amount of incentives to buy electric vehicles would have to end. I really think electric vehicles are the way to go, but not yet, and not very soon. Gas powered vehicles burn much more effectively than years ago, are cheaper to make, and don’t depend on China for lithium to make batteries. I don’t see the end of gas powered vehicles for another 30 - 40 years, unless some major development is made to reduce the cost and improve the mileage of evs. You simply cannot go on a road trip cross country with an ev, since there are very few charging stations, and too far apart. Not enough power plants either.
“Customers will just go to another state to buy their cars...”
Which will then face a $20,000 import state tax. Maybe it hasn’t been passed yet, but they will NOT allow residents of California to buy cars in Arizona and drive them back to CA and register them. Not without a huge fine...I mean...tax!
Most states refuse to expand and upgrade their electrical grids.
That is why electric vehicles will die in the end.