AFAIK EV have net C02 emission which are higher than Gas car.

The extraction of Rare Earth ,and Electricity coming mostly from Coal in US don’t make them any cleaner than Gas Vehicle.

Hence you can buy your non-ev outside of California and come back with it few minutes later ...

This is pure communication , there is no real intention to actually address climate change.

Hence , we are doing far worse than every GIEC model and most countries do not respect COP21 agreement....