The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved on April 28 a first-of-its-kind rule that requires a phased-in transition toward zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Known as Advanced Clean Fleets, the new rule helps put California on a path toward accomplishing Governor Gavin Newsom’s goal of fully transitioning the trucks that travel across the state to zero-emissions technology by 2045.
The Advanced Clean Fleets rule includes an end to combustion truck sales in 2036, a first-in-the-world requirement. CARB stated the rule also provides fleet owners flexibility and provides regulatory certainty to the heavy-duty market.
Trucks represent 6 percent of the vehicles on California’s roads and account for more than 35 percent of the state’s transportation-generated nitrogen oxide emissions and a quarter of the state’s on-road greenhouse gas emissions.
The California Groundwater Association will continue to monitor how this might impact the production, affordability, and effectiveness of drilling rigs and other vehicles and will advocate for reasonable and impactful regulations.
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