New Jersey Becomes First Eastern State To Adopt California ZEV Truck Rule

New Jersey has become the first East Coast state to adopt California’s rule requiring truck manufacturers to sell an increasing number of electric models, joining Oregon and Washington this year in agreeing to set varying required electrification percentages for trucks ranging in size from delivery vans to tractor trailers. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and other environmental groups offered swift praise for the Garden State’s Dec. 20 approval of the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rule that requires truck manufacturers to sell...