The transportation sector accounts for nearly 40% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Gavin Newsom has already moved to ban the sale of new cars that run entirely on gasoline by 20…
By Sophie Austin | Associated Press/Report for America
Gov. Gavin Newsom applauded the state’s role as a leader for setting ambitious vehicle emission standards. The new truck standards are aimed at companies that make trucks and those that own large quantities of them. Companies owning 50 or more trucks will have to report information to the state about how they use these trucks to ship goods and provide shuttle services. Manufacturers will have to sell a higher percentage of zero-emission vehicles starting in 2024. Depending on the class of truck, zero-emission ones will have to make up 40% to 75% of sales by 2035.
“The charging infrastructure is certainly not there,” he said about powering stations for electric vehicles. “And on top of the charging infrastructure, we have the grid issues.” Andasan and other environmental activists from across the country who are a part of the Moving Forward Network, a 50-member group based at Occidental College in Los Angeles, met with EPA officials recently to discuss national regulations to limit emissions from trucks and other vehicles.
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