The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved new regulations and voted to ban the sale of diesel big rig trucks by 2036 and require all trucks to be zero-emissions by 2042, the company announced Friday.
The Advanced Clean Fleets rule is added to a list of California’s zero-emissions regulations in an effort to become more environmentally friendly and decrease the state’s high pollution.
California is the first state to require new commercial trucks, including garbage trucks, delivery trucks, and other medium and heavy-duty vehicles, to be electric.
Semi-trucks line up to retrieve shipping containers from a China-based ship in Long Beach, Calif., on April 4, 2018. (Bob Riha Jr./Reuters)
Supporters of this new rule say that reducing nitrogen oxide and diesel pollution will help lower the health risk of Californians who are breathing the polluted air and contribute to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Climate Commitment (pdf)….