If you haven’t started planning for a zero emissions future, Chris Shimoda with the California Trucking Association says it may already be too late.
“This is going to be a little bit of a moving target for the time being,” Shimoda says. “But I would not recommend sticking your head in the sand. It’s going to happen.”
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Shimoda, the senior vice president for government affairs for the CTA spoke on a webinar Wednesday sponsored by Ryder Fleet Risk Services.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) instituted emissions regulations and timelines for compliance that started clocks ticking earlier this year. Recently, it came to an agreement with truck and engine makers on the details of some of those regulations, giving companies and manufacturers alike more time to comply in some instances.
But as Shimoda says in the webinar, these are extraordinarily complex rules. Even the provisions and exemptions are complicated. Those who own, operate and maintain trucks in California should all be assembling teams to look at how these rules will affect their operations and locations, he says.
