Posted on 11/15/2024 8:14:45 AM PST by MAGA2017
Starting Jan. 1, Washington may halt sales of new motorhomes and large trucks powered by diesel or gasoline due to emissions regulations modeled after California’s standards.
The new rules apply to vehicles with more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, impacting most RVs, medium- to heavy-duty trucks and interstate tractor-trailers.
“This has caused quite a disruption in the industry,” Washington State Truckers Association CEO Sheri Call told KIRO Newsradio Thursday.
The changes stem from California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) legislation, which Washington lawmakers committed to follow in 2020. The RV and trucking industries are now bracing for a major shift in sales moving forward.
“It’s caught us all off guard,” Will Rogers, General Manager at Poulsbo RV in Everett, told KIRO Newsradio.
It wasn’t until Oct. 23 that the full and immediate impact of the changes became clear.
On that day, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) — the agency responsible for these regulations — amended its Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) standards. The amendments require manufacturers to gradually increase the percentage of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) they sell in the state, with targets ranging from 4% to 7%.
Washington has agreed to follow the standards set by California.
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Sounds like a new industry for Canadians
Perhaps.
Given that this is the Left Coast, it shouldn’t be so surprising.
Insane...
Voter fraud is responsible for this.
Yup. Unfortunately the west coast of the U.S. still under the control of the loony Left. Gov. Jay Inslee of WA state has spent his entire time in office focused at the altar of the climate change cult.
Stupid government doing stupid things and going where it has no business going
2. Next any truck with diesel banned. Then old trucks are licensed in Montana.
3. Then no trucks with diesels allow no matter were licensed. I know out of state should be exempted but it Commies…..
4. Then Amazon moves out of state and citizens walk to the store, hoping there was a delivery somehow so they can eat this week…..
At a used car lot on the edge of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo
And they drive with pride
We need to ban the polticians that come up with these bans.
Washington has agreed to follow California over the cliff.
Stolen “elections” have consequences.
Washington used to be such a good place. Then came Microsoft and Amazon, followed by all the idiots drawn by them. I remember when native Washingtonians were a hardy outdoor, sensible people. Amazing how the west side of the Cascades ruined it for the east side. If that wasn’t enough the westies and other interloper libs are moving to the east side and ruining that side of the state as well.
so they gave less than 30 day notice to all the RV dealerships.
that sounds totally reasonable.
I wonder how hard it would be to roll the odometer forward, and if it is legal ? from what I understand it is only illegal if you do with the intent to defraud.
not sure if that would qualify.
Morons.
Incredibly stupid.
I don’t have any numbers, but I assume that California, Oregon and Washington are big tourist states, meaning RVs are big there. Banning RVs will just reduce their tourist dollars.
Let the leftards get a good and hard painful dose of the economic tyranny they keep voting for.
Interesting how Washington, and I believe other states have agreed to follow the dictates of an unelected California agency. The people of those states should be outraged.
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