EPA Final Heavy-Duty Truck Standards Released, Well, Finally

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the strongest-ever national clean air standards to cut smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy-duty trucks beginning with model year 2027.

The new standards are long overdue. They are the first update to clean air standards for heavy duty trucks in more than 20 years. EPA says they are more than 80% stronger than current standards.

This final rulemaking is the latest step toward implementing the Clean Truck Plan, which is moving America’s highly polluting and long-term durable heavy-duty trucking fleet slowly towards low-carbon and electric technologies. Extraordinary investments from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are accelerating innovation in zero-emissions truck technology, expanding access to clean school and transit buses, and training workers to install and maintain charging infrastructure. This faces significant opposition from the Republican party, which is heavily financed by the fossil fuel industry. (AutoInformed.com on: NADA, American Truck Dealers Oppose Cleaner Trucks)

“EPA is taking significant action to protect public health, especially the health of 72 million people living near truck freight routes in America, including our most vulnerable populations in historically overburdened communities,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.

“But we’re not stopping there. This is just the first action under EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan to pave the way toward a zero-emission future. These rigorous standards, coupled with historic investments from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will accelerate President Biden’s ambitious agenda to overhaul the nation’s trucking fleet, deliver cleaner air, and protect people and the planet,” Regan claimed.

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