California considers 1st-in-US electric truck sales rule

California considers 1st-in-US electric truck sales rule

4 years ago
Anonymous $GRbK1oXs9y

https://apnews.com/a84164f8eafa91019fe456f0f7341f65

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are scheduled to approve new rules on Thursday that would force automakers to sell more electric work trucks and delivery vans, a first-of-its-kind rule aimed at helping the nation's most populous state clean up its worst-in-the-nation air quality.

The rules would require a certain percentage of work truck sales each year to be zero emission vehicles. By the time its fully implemented in 2035, the board estimates at least 20% of the 1.2 million trucks on the road would run on electricity.