California Doubles Down on Clean Vehicles
“Out of the frying pan and into the fire” is a common phrase, but it is an accurate telling of the battle for low-emission vehicles in California. When one battle ends, another begins.
“Out of the frying pan and into the fire” is a common phrase, but it is an accurate telling of the battle for low-emission vehicles in California. When one battle ends, another begins.
If you are traveling in New York City, it is imperative that you turn off your truck when dealing with deliveries in a safe and responsible manner, as the most populated city in the country has a special system that turns everyday pedestrians into enforcement officers.
A company headquartered in China has a solution that has the potential to change the charging game as we know it.
Despite recent tensions between the United States and Mexico regarding various things such as tariffs, money transfer fees, and deportations, Mexico and the USA still remain strong business partners with one another. Millions of dollars worth of goods still travel between the border every day. To that end, the United States has given the green light to a project called Green Corridors, which would be a freight-only bridge connecting Mexico and Texas to cut down commute time for commercial vehicles to virtually zero.
One June 12th, 2025, 47th President of the United States Donald Trump signed an order that rules back a regulation from the Obama-era that gave states such as California more leeway in determining its own emission standards for vehicles, ranging from standard 4-wheel passenger vehicles used to commute to work to commercial vehicles that are work.
We get cheap imports from China; that is a fact. The 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, sees that with a negative connotation in cheap. No longer, he believes, is it a good value, but rather that components and materials used in trucks such as steel are frail and of lower quality.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is a private organization that works to improve safety on America’s roads, as opposed to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which enforces it under regulation and the weight of the United States Federal Government.
We have stated before that we will continue to provide updates to the California AB-5 case regarding the trucking industry as it unfolds, and a new chapter in the saga has emerged, though it is not good for truckers.
“My department is slashing duplicative and outdated regulations that are unnecessarily burdensome, waste taxpayer dollars, and fail to ensure safety,” Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in an announcement on May 29th. “These are common-sense changes that will help us build a more efficient government that better reflects the needs of the American people. Big government has been a big failure.”