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"With these actions requiring all new heavy-duty truck sales to
be zero emission and tackling train pollution in our state,
we’re one step closer to achieving healthier neighborhoods and
cleaner air for all Californians," said Governor Gavin Newsom.
The rule also require transitioning existing fleets to
zero-emission vehicles. Big rigs, local delivery and government
fleets must transition to zero emission by 2035, garbage trucks
and local buses by 2039, and sleeper cab tractors and specialty
vehicles by 2042.
The board estimates the reduced pollution from the truck rules
would result in $26.6 billion in health savings from fewer
asthma attacks, emergency room visits and respiratory illnesses,
and save $48 billion in trucking operating costs.
American Trucking Associations Chief Executive Chris Spear
criticized the decision to force motor carriers to purchase
zero-emission vehicles.
"California is setting unrealistic targets and unachievable
timelines that will undoubtedly lead to higher prices for the
goods and services delivered to the state and fewer options for
consumers," Spear said.
CARB said fleet owners can receive exemptions based on available
technology to ensure they can replace older polluting trucks
with ones that have the cleanest engines in the nation
While trucks represent only 6% of vehicles on California’s
roads, they account for over 35% of the state’s transportation
generated nitrogen oxide emissions and about 25% of on-road
greenhouse gas emissions.
Paul Cort, director of Earthjustice’s Right to Zero campaign,
said the "new truck rule will have profound health and economic
benefits not just here, but in every other state that adopts
these clean air protections."
On Thursday, CARB adopted new locomotive regulations requiring
that by 2030 only those less than 23 years old could operate in
the state.
Switch, industrial and passenger locomotives built starting in
2030 will be required to operate in zero-emissions
configurations in California, and for freight line haul
beginning in 2035.
"With the new regulation, we are moving toward a future where
all transportation operations in the state will be zero
emissions," CARB Chair Liane Randolph said.
CARB in August voted to require all new vehicles sold in the
state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids.
The Biden administration must still approve waivers for
California to implement the new regulations.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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