The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is trying to ban the sale of diesel commercial trucks by 2040 as part of the state’s latest agenda on combating climate change.
Fossil fuel-powered mobile sources are the “largest contributors” to California’s fine particulate matter (PM2.5), toxic diesel particulate matter (PM), and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, states the CARB proposal released on Aug. 30. The agency’s proposed Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation will push for widespread, accelerated adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) in the light-duty package delivery as well as medium and heavy-duty truck sector. The ACF is part of the state’s “holistic plan” to meet California’s climate goals, it added.
