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Some of the nation's largest truck makers said they will stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade.
SACRAMENTO, California: Some of the nation's largest truckmakers on Thursday pledged to stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade, part of an agreement with state regulators aimed at preventing lawsuits that threatened to delay or block the state's emission standards.
Thursday's deal announcement means lawsuits are less likely to delay similar rules for the trucking industry.
Some of the nation's largest truck makers have pledged to not sell new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade.
Some of the nation's largest truck makers on Thursday pledged to stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade, part of an agreement with state regulators aimed at preventing lawsuits that threatened to delay or block the state's emission standards. California is trying to rid itself of fossil fuels, passing new rules in recent years to phase out gas-powered cars, trucks, trains and lawn equipment in the nation's most populous state. Last month, the railroad industry sued the California Air Resources Board to block new rules that would ba...