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The proposed rule could put about 510,000 carbon-free medium and heavy-duty vehicles on California’s roads in 2035, increasing to 1.2 million in 2045 and about 1.7 million in 2050, according to the air board.
California has been cutting emissions from diesel and gas-powered vehicles for decades. The new proposal comes less than nine months after CaliforniaCalifornia often prides itself on being a leader in setting stringent vehicle standards that other states follow.adopted the 2020 California trucks rule, with Colorado and Maryland being the most recent states to enact them, just this week.
in March that delays electrification phase-in dates for fleets that run on biogas captured from landfills, wastewater facilities and compostBut the most significant change in the proposal actually toughened the rules after an appeal by environmental justice advocates: The original proposal required 100% zero-emission truck sales in 2040; the air board staff accelerated it by four years at the request of some board members.It’s not just the trucking industry that is vehemently opposed.
“The vehicles don’t exist, the infrastructure does not exist, grid reliability is sketchy, there’s nothing to protect public agencies from price gouging, and no one seems willing to discuss where the money will come from — other than raising rates on consumers,” their letter said. Some entrepreneurs are hoping to ramp up construction of truck charging stations in time to meet the timeline.
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