A proposed rule to speed the shift to zero-emission engines could go before the California Air Resources Board in spring.
and leads to more severe weather, droughts and other threats.
“High-priority” fleets — companies with at least $50 million in gross annual revenue and at least one vehicle with a gross weight of more than 8,500 pounds or those with at least 50 vehicles with a gross weight of more than 8,500 pounds — have two options. The rule would apply to about 532,000 — 29.5% — of California’s roughly 1.8 million medium- and heavy-duty trucks and lead to 1.59 million zero-emission vehicles in the state by 2050, according to the air board’s staff.
Unless China, India and Russia take steps to curb air pollution, “all this is just a drop in a bucket, or rather, the black hole of waste of time and money,” Mazarei, who is active in local Republican circles, said via email.Shimoda, of the trucking association, said current state regulations require diesel particulate filters and other technology that make California diesel trucks “the cleanest in the country.
“The buildout at the scale that it needs to happen, it’s just not going to be there for the vast majority of truckers. Your typical trucking operation is not going to be building their own charging at their facility.”which offered written comments on the rule Those steps include spending $5 billion “to make the grid smarter and more resilient,” plans to install charging stations near ports, freight corridors and warehouses and working with utility companies in California, Washington and Oregon to provide truck recharging along the 5 Freeway and adjoining highways, Griffo said.
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