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California ditches 'unachievable' scheme to mandate green trucks
''Consumers can breathe a collective sigh of relief''
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'California regulators withdrew a proposal to mandate the sale of zero-emissions trucks over the next 20 years on Tuesday evening.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) pulled back its request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a waiver that would have
allowed the state to require massive increases in sales of electric or zero-emissions truck models over the coming decades. As of 2023, only
0.3% of all registered heavy-duty vehicles in the U.S. were
zero-emissions models, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation.
CARB's Advanced Clean Fleets rule would have mandated California's truck
fleet to move to zero-emission models starting in 2024, ending with the
fleet going 100% zero-emissions between 2035 and 2042, according to
Commercial Carrier Journal. The proposed regulations would have also
required 100% of all new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emissions models by 2036 if implemented.
"While we are disappointed that U.S. EPA was unable to act on all the
requests in time, the withdrawal is an important step given the
uncertainty presented by the incoming administration that previously
attacked California's programs to protect public health and the climate
and has said will continue to oppose those programs," CARB Chair Liane
Randolph told Commercial Carrier Journal.
Notably, the EPA granted California its requested Clean Air Act waiver
to force 100% of new light-duty auto sales in the state to be
zero-emissions vehicles by 2035 in December 2024. Other states have
opted-in to adopting those California electric vehicle rules, meaning
that state regulators and the EPA are effectively pushing the entire
country's auto market toward electric vehicles in implementing the rule.
"The trucking industry and American consumers can breathe a collective
sigh of relief today after CARB finally bowed to reality and shelved its job-killing Advanced Clean Fleets regulation," American Trucking
Associations President and CEO Chris Spear told Commercial Carrier
Journal. "This unachievable mandate would have raised costs and caused disruption throughout our supply chain without delivering the promised environmental benefits."
CARB did not respond immediately to a request for comment'
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