California rolls on with electric trucks, despite Trump’s roadblocks

California rolls on with electric trucks, despite Trump’s roadblocks

Wes Lowe uses so much Claritin that he started an Amazon subscription to avoid running out. His kids take two asthma medications. This reflects the normalcy of pollution in California’s San Joaquin Valley, where residents breathe some of the dirtiest air in the nation. Lowe lives about 20 miles outside of Fresno, in the valley’s heart. More than a dozen highways, including Interstate 5, run through the region, carrying almost half of the state’s…

California rolls on with electric trucks, despite Trump’s roadblocks | June 24, 2025

California rolls on with electric trucks, despite Trump’s roadblocks More than 15 percent of medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold statewide in 2023 were zero-emission. But the road has been bumpy amid growing uncertainty about California’s regulations and the Trump administration’s hostility toward electric vehicles, the clean energy transition, and the state’s climate policies. Valerie Thorsen leads the San Joaquin Valley office of CalSTART, a no…