The rate of compliance for heavy trucks with the California Air Resources Board’s truck and bus regulation has decreased to 70%-75% from 85% over the past two years, according to estimates in a new CARB enforcement report.
June 28, 2016Government
California Judge Rules Against CARB
A California Superior Court Judge has ruled that the state’s air-quality regulators didn’t take into account the economic impact on trucking firms that had complied with their rules when when they voted in April 2014 to allow other carriers to remain noncomplaint for two years.
June 10, 2016Business
Zero-Emission Vehicles at Center of Plan to Slash California’s Nitrogen Oxide Levels
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Zero and near-zero emissions trucks and other freight vehicles are at the center of California’s plan to slash emissions of nitrogen oxides, regulators said. The plan begins with a series of state pilot projects over the next three years, they added.
May 16, 2016Business
CARB Touts ‘Most Promising’ Technologies That Could Cut GHG Output From Reefers
Electric and hydrogen cell-powered transport refrigeration units are the “most promising” technologies that can be used to reduce reefer emissions over the next five to 10 years and beyond, according to California environmental regulators.
August 24, 2015Business
CARB Approves $85 Million for Clean Truck Technology Projects
The California Air Resources Board said it has approved $85 million for advanced-technology, heavy-duty truck projects to help improve the state’s air quality.
June 27, 2014Business
CARB Grants Smaller Carriers More Time to Comply With State’s New Regulations
The California Air Resources Board has adopted amendments to its truck and bus regulation that will give mostly small, rural and low-mileage motor carriers more time to achieve compliance, exasperating larger carriers.
May 12, 2014Business
Carrier’s Refrigeration Emissions System Receives CARB Verification
Carrier Transicold’s engine emissions-system option for refrigeration units received verification from the California Air Resources Board.
April 28, 2014Business
CARB Issues Enforcement Warning
The California Air Resources Board issued a warning that enforcement of new emissions regulations will go into effect Jan. 1 for heavy-duty trucks with model year 2000 to 2004 engines.
December 3, 2012Business
CARB Sets System Regs for Refrigerated Units
The California Air Resources Board posted requirements for the use of electric standby and hybrid electric systems for refrigerated units to qualify as alternative technologies that comply with state regulations.
November 19, 2012Government
CARB Publishes Reminder to Truckers About New Tire Requirements on Jan. 1
The California Air Resources Board recently issued a reminder to truckers that, as of Jan. 1 in that state, 2010 and older tractors that pull 53-foot dry van or refrigerated trailers must use SmartWay verified low-rolling-resistance tires or retreads.
October 9, 2012