In California EV's are being pushed. DewDudes comment above is right on the money, but it's likely marked troll due to the inflammatory language being used. For those that don't know, California's energy is served by a single public utility, PG&E. PG&E has been doing a fairly bad job of maintenance and upgrades of their existing infrastructure. I think this first came to light decades ago when there was a natural gas explosion that leveled an entire cul-de-sac in San Bruno, and more recently Paradise Ca, an entire small town was levelled from a fire that could have been prevented had PG&E maintained their lines. That's really just the first issue, which happens to be a root issue.
Next up we have a lack of nuclear options. California is probably the most nimby state in the union, and was always very vocal against nuclear power. There was a time Berkeley proudly put out street signs, "A Nuclear free city" I think Palo Alto might have done the same in the 70's and 80's. Even with Nuclear, we're still decades behind in transmission lines (see first point above) We likely have the most amount of wind and solar of any other state, but these are not "set it and forget it" Solar panels have an efficiency lifespan of about 25 years, and wind turbines fare even worse with blades wearing out every 20 years. Anyone familiar with the manufacture and disposal of either of these "Green" options knows they're both chock full of nasty chemistry that can leech into and poison groundwater.
The third issue we have though is the efficiency of batteries. Our best batteries are 27x less energy dense than diesel. Granted with a diesel engine there is some thermal loss of energy along with having to carry along the weight of the engine, but batteries are pretty heavy and have some energy lost as heat too. If you take all the CO2 each vehicle generates from the time the metal is dug out of the ground, until its end of life, EV's are almost as equivalently damaging to the environment as ICE engine based vehicles. While the majority of an ICE engine can be re-smelted and recycled, processes for lithium/cobalt reclamation aren't yet at a stage where they're as efficient. It's not an easy process anyone can spin up, as it requires a lot of caustic chemistry for extraction. The batteries themselves have a short shelf life, while ICE engines with proper care can run for decades.
California has always lead the charge in emissions standards, but our current leadership is the result of cronyism, and nepotism. These are not the bright, intelligent leaders we had 50-60 years ago who could come up with realistic goals the entire country could emulate. Before you respond with "But!" just take a look at how badly managed everything is now. Our roads, our cities, our High Speed Rail, the homeless. We're the last state to be setting an example right now.