Stakeholders See Opportunity in IRA Clean Truck Measures
Trucking stakeholders see early potential for the industry in clean-air provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act — mostly as it relates to boosting adoption of zero-emission trucks — but success hinges on how those aspects of the law are ultimately implemented.
More Steps Needed to Reach Zero-Emission Future, Executives Say
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Top executives at some of the largest companies in trucking said many factors must come together before the industry can fully advance toward a zero-emission future.
EPA Proposes Stronger Pollution Limits on New Trucks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rulemaking to further restrict emissions of soot-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) by heavy-duty diesel and gasoline engines starting in model year 2027.
Six States Adopt Clean Truck Rule
The U.S. trucking industry is set to be transformed by a handful of states adopting zero-emission vehicle requirements.
New Jersey Adopts Clean Truck Rules
State Environmental Protection officials adopted Advanced Clean Truck rules Dec. 20 that would make New Jersey the first East Coast state to require phasing in of electric commercial trucks to reduce air pollution and the diseases it causes.
California Drayage Fleets Face Potential Zero-Emission Mandate
The push for zero-emission trucks in California has left drayage operators questioning that approach in light of their previous investments in equipment using natural gas fuel, an industry association executive said.
House Advances Diesel-Reduction Program
Legislation that would authorize a federal emissions reduction program and fund research and development for technologies across the environmental sector recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
CARB Formally Adopts Low-NOx Omnibus Rule
California regulators have unanimously approved a sweeping regulation that will lower oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter emissions for new trucks built beginning in 2024.
CARB Approves Its Electric Truck Regulation
California environmental regulators approved a measure that within a few years will require truck manufacturers to transition a percentage of their sales in the state from diesel trucks to electric zero-emission vehicles.
CARB Rule Would Set Sale Quotas for Zero-Emission Trucks
The California Air Resources Board has proposed a regulation requiring that manufacturers sell a set percentage of zero-emissions battery-electric and fuel cell trucks beginning with model year 2024.