California agrees to repeal electric-truck emissions rule; Nebraska led opposition

California Agrees to Drop Electric-Truck Mandates in Legal Settlement

State attorneys general suing California said on May 6 that the state has agreed, as part of a legal settlement, to repeal electric-truck mandates that would have compelled trucking companies nationwide to scrap internal-combustion trucks. California wants to mandate 100 percent electric vehicles by 2036, and critics say that because of the size of the state’s economy, the largest in the country, the policy has the effect of forcing electrificat…

California Agrees to Repeal Electric Truck Mandate in Legal Settlement

California agreed to repeal “Advanced Clean Fleet” electric vehicle (EV) truck mandates late on Monday through a lawsuit settlement, with the state now no longer enforcing a 2036 mandate where only zero-emissions trucks will be sold in California and a rule where all truck and bus fleets must be zero-emissions by 2045. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (Photo: https://ago.nebraska.gov/) “Nebraska led a coalition of 17 states and the Nebrask…

California agrees to repeal electric-truck emissions rule; Nebraska led opposition

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announces two federal lawsuits against a California regulatory board and the Environmental Protection Agency. May 13, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — Nebraska’s efforts to fight California on new electric-truck mandates and related regulations largely ended Monday with California officials moving to repeal the proposed rules. In a Monday court filing, California Attorney General Rob Bonta a…

Bird Announces Victory in Lawsuit Opposing California’s Electric-Truck Mandates - The Iowa Standard

Iowa Attorney General Bird announced on Wednesday that California has agreed to take steps to repeal its electric-truck mandates that reach well beyond California’s borders. Iowa joined a coalition of 17 states and the Nebraska Trucking Association in challenging a suite of California regulations called Advanced Clean Fleets in federal court. Among other things, these radical regulations would have required certain trucking companies to sideline…

California to Repeal Electric-Truck Rule Following Multistate Legal Challenge

BOISE, ID – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced on May 7 that California has agreed to repeal its “Advanced Clean Fleets” regulation as part of a legal settlement following a lawsuit brought by a coalition of 17 states. The regulation, which was challenged in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, would have required certain trucking companies to transition away from internal-combustion trucks to electric alte…

Attorney General McCuskey announces victory in lawsuit opposing California’s electric-truck mandates - West Virginia Daily News

CHARLESTON W.Va. (WVDN) — Attorney General JB McCuskey announced today that California has agreed to repeal its electric-truck mandates that reach well beyond California’s borders.  The coalition of 17 states, led by Nebraska and the Nebraska Trucking Association, challenged a suite of California regulations called Advanced Clean Fleets in the Eastern District of California. Among other things, Advanced Clean Fleets would have required certain t…