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U.S. truck makers reach deal to phase out polluting diesel big rigs
https://wapo.st/3CZtKGcSome of the country’s largest manufacturers of heavy trucks and engines have agreed to accept California’s plan to ban sales of new diesel big rigs by 2036 under a deal aimed in part at thwarting potential litigation and at maintaining a single national standard for truck pollution rules.
The deal averts a costly court battle with the industry’s biggest players and ease the transition to clean, electrified commercial trucks in California, the country’s largest market, and potentially other states. The agreement covers manufacturers including the industry giants Ford, General Motors, Daimler and Cummins, as well as the industry group the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association. All are agreeing to implement California’s plan regardless of how it may fare in the courts.
The coalition is called the Clean Truck Partnership and was born out of more than three months of negotiations between the industry and the California Air Resources Board, which has been pushing nation-leading new rules to clean up heavy trucks. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) heralded the deal as a major step toward reducing air pollution and emissions that warm the planet.
“California has shown the world what real climate action looks like, and we’re raising the bar yet again,” Newsom said in a statement. “Today, truck manufacturers join our urgent efforts to slash air pollution, showing the rest of the country that we can both cut dangerous pollution and build the economy of the future.”
The deal averts a costly court battle with the industry’s biggest players and ease the transition to clean, electrified commercial trucks in California, the country’s largest market, and potentially other states. The agreement covers manufacturers including the industry giants Ford, General Motors, Daimler and Cummins, as well as the industry group the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association. All are agreeing to implement California’s plan regardless of how it may fare in the courts.
The coalition is called the Clean Truck Partnership and was born out of more than three months of negotiations between the industry and the California Air Resources Board, which has been pushing nation-leading new rules to clean up heavy trucks. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) heralded the deal as a major step toward reducing air pollution and emissions that warm the planet.
“California has shown the world what real climate action looks like, and we’re raising the bar yet again,” Newsom said in a statement. “Today, truck manufacturers join our urgent efforts to slash air pollution, showing the rest of the country that we can both cut dangerous pollution and build the economy of the future.”
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