California bans sales of diesel big rig trucks starting in 2036 in landmark air pollution rule
California air regulators on Friday approved first-in-the-nation rules to ban the sale of new diesel big rig trucks statewide by 2036.approved unanimously by the California Air Resources Board also require companies in California with more than 50 trucks to convert their truck fleets to zero-emission vehicles by 2042.
“CARB has outright ignored the nation’s leading fleets and has put forth an overly ambitious, unrealistic, and unfeasible proposal,” said Eric Sauer, CEO of the California Trucking Association. “I don’t think there’s been a single rule where we haven’t heard the technology isn’t ready the costs are too great, or that it’s not the right time,” said Will Barrett, national senior director of air advocacy for the American Lung Association. “But the urgency of cleaning our air and confronting the climate crisis can’t wait.”
Electric trucks and delivery vans are about a decade behind where electric cars are now. But they are gaining momentum.
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