Hochul vetoes EV emergency response bill

Hochul vetoes EV emergency response bill

ALBANY, NY (WUTR/WFXV WPNY) -- Governor Kathy Hochul announced the veto of a bill that could have helped first responders tackle electric vehicle fires, according to Spectrum's State of Politics. One bill would have established an emergency response training program focused on electric vehicles, which use lithium-ion batteries. Last week, a lithium-ion battery was suspected to be the cause of a house fire in the town of Salisbury when one -- rep…