The EPA has finalized the strictest-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks, a category that includes everything from buses to garbage trucks.
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EPA administrator Michael Regan said the agency's"strong and durable vehicle standards respond to the urgency of the climate crisis." The EPA estimates the net benefits to society are worth $13 billion per year, including health benefits, climate benefits and net savings to truck operators.Heavy-duty trucks have an outsize environmental footprint; larger industrial vehicles make up about 5% of the country's vehicle fleet, but 20% of transportation emissions.
The American Bus Association said it supports climate initiatives that"gradually" move the U.S. toward a cleaner environment, but that the EPA's rules are a"forced march towards electric vehicles" that could potentially double equipment costs for the motorcoach industry. "One charging site for a heavy truck fleet could use as much power as the Empire State Building," says Matt Horton, CEO of EV charging station developer Voltera. Still, he says, that technology exists, and the EPA's rules are a boost to businesses like his because they provide some"certainty in the market" to help make long-term plans around investments.
Trucks that travel shorter routes, meanwhile, would be expected to shift toward zero-emission models faster.Health organizations like the American Lung Association strongly support these standards as a life-saving measure.
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