Topline
The Justice Department sued California over its electric vehicle mandate in two complaints filed this week, seeking to end the state’s emission standards enforced through its “Clean Truck Partnership,” which requires a share of heavy-duty vehicles to be electric by 2035.
The two complaints were filed Friday. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
The two complaints also take issue with the California Air Resources Board’s standards for light-duty vehicles, which aim to lower pollution and transition to zero-emission vehicles, calling the rules “unlawful” and an attempt to “undermine federal law.”
The DOJ claims without waivers, the California Air Resources Board should not be able to enforce the heavy-duty truck regulations, alleging the board is trying to avoid prohibition by enforcing the emission standards through the Clean Truck Partnership—a voluntary state-level agreement between California and truck manufacturers.
A second DOJ complaint takes issue with the California Air Resources Board’s standards for light-duty vehicles, which aim to lower pollution and transition to zero-emission vehicles, calling the rules “unlawful” and an attempt to “undermine federal law.”
Forbes has reached out to the California Air Resources Board for comment.
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