California Agrees to Drop Electric-Truck Mandates in Legal Settlement

The settlement was disclosed in a new filing in federal court in California.
California Agrees to Drop Electric-Truck Mandates in Legal Settlement
Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk steps out of the new "Semi" electric truck during the unveiling for buyers and journalists on Nov. 16, 2017, in Hawthorne, California, near Los Angeles. Veronique Dupont/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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State attorneys general suing California said on May 6 that the state has agreed, as part of a legal settlement, to repeal electric-truck mandates that would have compelled trucking companies nationwide to scrap internal-combustion trucks.

California wants to mandate 100 percent electric vehicles by 2036, and critics say that because of the size of the state’s economy, the largest in the country, the policy has the effect of forcing electrification of the nation’s trucks.