With more intense heat waves, droughts, and wildfires, it’s clear that California is experiencing the impacts of climate change. In 2022, the fifth-largest economy in the world issued a rule that bans the sale of all new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. This includes semi-trucks and experts in the trucking industry say this timeline is both unrealistic and fraught with problems.

Complying with these mandates will put many truck companies out of business as well as add to supply chain problems and higher inflation for all goods.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently said it is granting California the legal authority to require that half of all heavy-duty truck sales in the state must be fully electric by 2035. So, that’s not as bad as all commercial trucks, but it’s still an ambitious goal.