Senate on Wednesday voted to overturn President Biden’s stricter emissions rules for commercial trucks, halting implementation unless the president vetoes the measure.
The 50-49 vote rescinded the emissions regulations that took effect last month, marking the first time in 20 years that the EPA has set stricter standards for emissions from heavy-duty trucks. The agency said the new rules are expected to cut nitrous oxide emissions from heavy vehicles by 48 percent by 2045, while the estimated cost is between $2,500 and $8,300 per vehicle.
Trucking companies and critics of the new congressional rules argue that the increased costs are too burdensome given the current driver shortage and supply chain problems, according to traffic theme.
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The vote was tilted in favor of partisans in the equally divided Senate, with all Republicans voting in favor of scrapping the stricter emissions rules. There has been little change in the composition of the Senate since a group of senators put pressure on Biden in 2021 to begin. gradually giving up on selling petrol cars. California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, a longtime clean vehicle advocate and part of that group, do not vote and that essentially allowed the measure to pass.
It’s not over yet, though. Biden is said to have threatened to veto the law, which would require a two-thirds majority to pass. That is unlikely with the current Senate composition.
Rules must be consistent with California electric truck mission, starting in 2024and state bus rules impose limits on truck fleets. They will also really be an extension of the plan that 17 states are already behind, aimed at electrify 30% of trucks and buses by 2030.
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President Biden begins to introduce policies that lead to Electric cars manufactured by unions in the US. With the Inflation Recovery Act (IRA) and infrastructure bill, he received the following plus an unprecedented investment in infrastructure.
Biden has also targeted that all federal light fleet purchases electric by 2027, with the goal of turning all federal vehicle acquisitions electric by 2035.
