California has agreed to formally repeal much of its controversial Advanced Clean Fleets electric-truck mandate as part of a legal settlement.
Key provisions of ACF already were not being enforced because the state did not get a required waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced the legal settlement. The state had led a coalition of 17 states in challenging the Advanced Clean Fleets rules in court.
Among other things, a press release from the AG’s office explained, the ACF rule targeted any fleet that operated in California, regardless of where the fleet was headquartered. Given California’s large population and access to international ports, the news release said, this rule would have had nationwide effects on the supply chain.
In the settlement, California agreed not to enforce the Advanced Clean Fleets rule and to start the process to repeal it.
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