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It's not a rumor. There was already an executive order in place requiring cars sold to be zero-emission by 2035. There's a current push now to move the date up to 2030 instead. New York has passed a similar law, which isn't surprising as its one of the 11 states that moved to adopt CARB rules awhile back, and these regulations are being defined and implemented via CARB rules. Some of the debate now is what percentage of these cars can be plug-in hybrids. Initially it was thought to be zero percent, but as the rules are being further defined, it probably won't be zero. Europe has banned gas cars as of 2035. Even China is going all-electric by 2035, 40% by 2030.
Pretty much all automakers are on board at this point, and only quibbling about timing rather than the direction. Like anything planned in the future, these dates might move - but betting on none of this happening and manufacturers/regulators/customers around the world all agreeing to say f**k it and just keep producing gas cars (and motorcycles) is not a likely outcome.
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