Zero-Emission Truck Regulation—Advanced Clean Fleets—to be Considered by CARB Board on October 27, 2022, in First of Two Hearings
The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) continues its work to cut emissions from polluting trucks, especially those that run in or near communities. In the first of two hearings, the Board will consider the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation on October 27, 2022, and they would like your input.
The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation would, over time, require certain truck fleet types to replace their diesel and other combustion medium- and heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission vehicles. These battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles produce no tailpipe emissions, reduce brake wear, and, in general, have lower life cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to diesel and other combustion fuels. In contrast, medium- and heavy-duty diesel trucks contribute 80 percent of the State’s diesel pollution and 50 percent of smog-causing pollution in California, while making up less than 7 percent of all the vehicles on the road.
The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation would help reduce emissions from fleets that pose acute health risks to the local communities in which they operate, and would contribute towards achieving CARB’s emissions reduction goals for attaining federal health-based air quality standards and the State’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. The statewide benefits of the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, cumulative through 2050, include:
The Board wants to hear from everyone that might be affected by the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. You can read and comment on the draft regulation language—see the Advanced Clean Fleets program webpage. Also, check out the factsheets that summarize the regulation, and stay informed about upcoming events by subscribing to CARB’s ZEV Fleet GovDelivery email list. You can access the October 27, 2022, Board hearing by webcast or you can attend in person in Sacramento. Click here for more information about this or other Board hearings.
The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation would, over time, require certain truck fleet types to replace their diesel and other combustion medium- and heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission vehicles. These battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles produce no tailpipe emissions, reduce brake wear, and, in general, have lower life cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to diesel and other combustion fuels. In contrast, medium- and heavy-duty diesel trucks contribute 80 percent of the State’s diesel pollution and 50 percent of smog-causing pollution in California, while making up less than 7 percent of all the vehicles on the road.
The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation would help reduce emissions from fleets that pose acute health risks to the local communities in which they operate, and would contribute towards achieving CARB’s emissions reduction goals for attaining federal health-based air quality standards and the State’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. The statewide benefits of the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, cumulative through 2050, include:
- $57.8 billion in savings from avoided cardiopulmonary and other health benefits
$9.4 to $36.4 billion in savings from the social costs of carbon
$22.2 billion in net cost-savings to fleets
419,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reduced
2,540 avoided emergency room visits for asthma
1,040 avoided hospital admissions for respiratory illness
873 avoided hospital admissions for cardiovascular illness
5,520 avoided cardiopulmonary deaths
307 million metric tons of greenhouse gases reduced
8,640 tons of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) reduced
The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation requires
medium- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers to sell only zero-emission
vehicles starting in 2040, and requires three groups of truck fleet types to
purchase an increasing percentage of zero‑emission vehicles over time.
- State and local agencies. Fleets owned by such California government agencies as cities, counties, public utilities, districts, and the State, would be required to ensure that 50 percent of vehicle purchases are zero-emission beginning in 2024, and 100 percent of vehicle purchases are zero-emission by 2027.
- Drayage fleets. Fleets with vehicles that visit ports and railyards, starting 2024, can add only zero-emission trucks to their fleets, and legacy vehicles must be removed from drayage service at the end of their useful life. By 2035, all drayage trucks must be zero-emission.
- High priority and federal fleets. Federal government agencies that own, operate, or direct one or more affected vehicles in California; private companies with more than $50 million in annual revenue and that own, operate, or direct one or more vehicles in California; or private companies that own, operate, or direct under common ownership or control 50 or more trucks or off-road yard tractors per year must comply with a Model Year Schedule by purchasing only zero-emission vehicles beginning 2024 and removing internal combustion engine vehicles at the end of their useful life; or they may elect to use the optional Zero-Emission Vehicle Milestone Schedule to bring zero-emission vehicles into their fleets over time, starting in 2025, 2027, or 2030, depending on vehicle type. Under this Milestone Schedule, fleets would be required to be 100 percent zero-emission by 2035, 2039, or 2042, again, depending on vehicle type.
The Board wants to hear from everyone that might be affected by the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. You can read and comment on the draft regulation language—see the Advanced Clean Fleets program webpage. Also, check out the factsheets that summarize the regulation, and stay informed about upcoming events by subscribing to CARB’s ZEV Fleet GovDelivery email list. You can access the October 27, 2022, Board hearing by webcast or you can attend in person in Sacramento. Click here for more information about this or other Board hearings.