EXCLUSIVE U.S. EPA to consider tougher emissions rules for heavy trucks

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new incentives to speed the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the agency told Reuters.

, previously raised concerns the EPA proposal could boost costs and result in customers keeping "their higher-emitting trucks longer."

In March, the EPA said the new heavy truck GHG standards when fully phased in would result in up to 24% to 25% lower carbon dioxide emissions, but environmentalists have pressed the agency to do more. The EPA in March proposed tighter standards for 17 of the 33 subcategories of vocational and tractor vehicles, including school buses, transit buses, commercial delivery trucks, and short-haul tractors.on new rules to require zero-emission truck deployments starting in 2024 "and would establish a clear end date of new medium- and heavy-duty internal combustion engine vehicle sales in 2040.

 

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