U.S. Senate votes to end California’s truck emissions rules
May 27, 2025
Industry groups praised the decision, saying the rules hurt truck sales.
‘Too much, too soon,’ truckers say of tough new California air quality rules on heavy trucks
May 1, 2023
California likes to think of itself as being in the forefront of most environmental regulations. But California’s decision to set rules that will essentially ban new diesel trucks in the Golden State by 2035 is being seen by the trucking industry as moving too fast.
ATA has ‘grave concerns’ that EPA may allow California-type air quality rules on heavy trucks
March 21, 2023
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) expressed what it called its “grave concerns” about media reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be on the verge of granting the state of California waivers to implement potentially harmful and unrealistic emissions rules on the industry. Under California rules, new Class 8 heavy truck models would be zero-emission next year. Diesel and gasoline-powered drayage trucks must retire after 18 years to guarantee that they meet a zero-emission requirement by 2035.
