ATA Fights California Fleet Rule
Another day, another lawsuit in the name of fighting against potential governmental overreach. This time, it is the American Trucking Associations (ATA) versus California and the California Air Resources Board when it comes to a rule about the transition to electric fleets.
Details
Chris Spear said in announcing the lawsuit:
“ATA remains adamantly opposed to California’s ill-conceived, unattainable regulation. This destructive rule sets wildly unrealistic targets and timelines that are already creating confusion on the West Coast and threaten to cause severe disruptions to our supply chain nationwide.”
He continues further by mentioning that while the interests of the EPA and California usually overlap, here they do not, and that the Golden State must cede ground to the federal agency by relaxing the requirements.
“This evaluation will find that the requirements are unworkable, and the available technology and infrastructure fall woefully short of meeting California’s one-size-fits-all, zero-emission vehicle purchase mandate,” Spear said in the statement. “Given the wide range of operations required of our industry to keep the economy running, a successful emission regulation must be technology neutral.”
The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation that the ATA is fighting against will require all new California-certified heavy-duty trucks to be zero emission starting in 2036, a point of contention in the trucking industry not because industry members are fans of pollution, but because they say it is happening too quickly to be reasonable.
“ZEV trucks remain significantly more expensive than conventional models, and their prices continue to rise. The performance, range and payload capabilities of the current generation of ZEVs create unavoidable inefficiencies that require more vehicles for the same work” a spokesperson for Penske Truck Leasing said about the stringent ACF requirements.
Conclusion
Currently, there is no injunction set against the ACF, so if things stay the way they currently are, California will require zero emission commercial vehicles in 2036. Though lawsuits can often take years to make it through the court system, it is highly unlikely it will take a dozen of them. We will have to wait and see what happens as this story develops.
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