{"id":22013,"date":"2022-10-03T17:17:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T21:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=22013"},"modified":"2023-04-11T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:57:35","slug":"the-advanced-clean-fleets-rule-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2022\/10\/03\/the-advanced-clean-fleets-rule-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"The Advanced Clean Fleets rule explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Lauren Navarro<\/a> and Tom Cackette<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Update <\/i>4\/11\/23:<\/strong> This blog has been amended to incorporate changes to the proposed ACF rule made by CARB staff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

The Advanced Clean Fleets rule is a requirement for medium- and heavy-duty fleets to purchase an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks. The ACF will complement the previously adopted Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requiring manufacturers to sell ZEV trucks and school buses. At the end of March, the Environmental Protection Agency granted California\u2019s request for a Clean Air Act preemption waiver<\/a> for the ACT, effectively granting support to this life-saving clean trucks rule, and paving the way for the California Air Resources Board to adopt the ACF.<\/p>\n

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The CARB staff has revised its proposal to require a 100% ZEV sales requirement by accelerating it by four years, to 2036. We applaud CARB staff for proposing a stronger 100% pollution-free truck sales target that more adequately reflects the health and environmental imperative of a transition, as well as recognizing the cost benefits and technological feasibility of zero-emission vehicles. Now, CARB must vote to adopt the strengthened requirement during its next meeting on April 27, to ensure that the next generation of Californians won\u2019t grow up breathing the nation\u2019s dirtiest air<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We need these rules because California has some of the worst air quality in the country; these trucks make up only 6%<\/a> of vehicles on the road, but they make up 73% of the nitrogen oxide from on-road vehicles that harms local health and account for 9%<\/a> of the state\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. And because these fleets are often associated with warehouses, depots and distribution centers, more likely to be sited in already pollution-burdened communities, these vehicles have a significant hand in the disproportionate health impact faced by residents of these overburdened communities.<\/p>\n

Replacing these trucks with ZEVs will go a long way to reducing air pollutants, climate emissions and improving public health. In addition, it will save money; the CARB analysis<\/a> of its ACF proposal estimates a net benefit savings of $47 billion between 2024 and 2050, which includes $20 billion in savings to fleet operators.<\/p>\nThe Advanced Clean Fleets rule explained <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

Structure of the regulation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proposed rule consists of three different purchase requirements for fleet operators: 1) for private fleets with 50 or more trucks (including federal fleets and businesses with gross annual revenue of $50 million or more regardless of fleet size); 2) for drayage trucks operating from seaports or railyards and; 3) for state and local government public fleets.<\/p>\n

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