Some of the nation's largest truck makers have pledged to not sell new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade
It will take years before all of those rules fully take effect. But already some industries are pushing back. Last month, thethe California Air Resources Board to block new rules that would ban older locomotives and require companies to purchase zero-emission equipment.
The agreement also clears the way for other states to adopt California’s same standards without worrying about whether the rules would be upheld in court, said Steven Cliff, executive officer of the California Air Resources Board. That means more trucks nationally would follow these rules. Cliff said about 60% of the truck vehicle miles traveled in California come from trucks that arrive from other states.
"This agreement enables the regulatory certainty we all need to prepare for a future which will include ever increasing volumes of low and zero-emissions technologies,” said Michael Noonan, director of product certification and compliance for Navistar.
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