With the futuristic-looking concept truck, Daimler is giving a preview of its future truck flagship with a range of more than 1000 kilometers for the first time.
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new York The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Thursday held the final hearing on a 2036 ban on diesel trucks. CARB wants to vote on the ban as early as Friday. Approval is expected. The Handelsblatt learned this from three people familiar with the process.
According to the US transport industry, the decision marks a turning point for the truck industry. The extent of the new regulation is unprecedented. Nervousness is high among both truck manufacturers and freight forwarders.
California is considered the lead market for the USA. The decisions of the supervisory authorities in the world’s fifth-largest economy also have a global signal effect. If the CARB Council votes in favor of the ban, the purchase of new diesel trucks would be banned from 2036. By 2042, almost all trucks in the state would have to be converted to emission-free vehicles, i.e. to electric or hydrogen drives.
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