"Combined with separate Environmental Protection Agency rules restricting other pollutants from #HeavyTrucks, the slate of rules — for model years 2027 through 2032 — are meant to address both carbon #emissions that drive climate change and the soot and smog that directly harms human health.
The oil industry has vowed to challenge the rules in court."
#AirPollution
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/1241410274/emissions-heavy-duty-trucks-rule-epa
"The new rules, which take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, will avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas #emissions over the next three decades and provide $13 billion in net benefits in the form of fewer hospital visits, lost work days and deaths, the EPA said."
But upgrading to an e-truck will be hard for independent owner-operators.
There are big long-term savings, but Uncle Same needs to help with financing the upfront cost.
#HeavyTrucks
https://apnews.com/article/epa-trucks-buses-emissions-climate-electric-vehicle-77da206eed5d1950993e18a6f4439254
The Environmental Protection Agency has set strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles. EPA officials say Friday's action will help clean up some of the nation’s largest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases. The EPA says the new rules will take effect for model years 2027 through 2032 and will avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades. EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the new standards will especially benefit 72 million people who live near U.S. freight routes used by trucks and other heavy vehicles and bear a disproportionate burden of dangerous air pollution. Industry groups criticize the new standards as unreachable with current electric-vehicle technology.
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