excepting garbage trucks from EV rules

California on the verge of excepting garbage trucks from mandated EV adoption. They won’t get a total pass but the garbage trucks that run on natural gas will get to hang onto natural gas until 2042. Here’s what Waste management had to say:

“Although WM supports the state’s long-term goal of electrifying the transportation sector, we believe that the final rule should be revised to consider and give credit to the large investments already made.”

Governing | California Garbage Trucks May Avoid Electrification Until 2042