Misunderstanding Over Emissions Law Implementation Resolved
The company is keen to continue sales of new diesel trucks in Oregon, specifically for the recently updated, fifth-generation Cascadia. (Daimler Truck)
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Daimler Truck North America will resume taking orders for diesel trucks and buses in Oregon after halting sales in late December, the company said Jan. 13.
DTNA, which manufactures Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built Buses, stopped accepting orders as a result of the state’s implementation of emissions-reduction laws that mirror California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule.
Credit reporting requirements led DTNA to take the drastic step. California counts sales based off zero-emission vehicle sales codes, while Oregon Department of Environmental Quality staff said it would be using registrations through the state Department of Transportation’s Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division.
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