VTNA, Mack Retain Oregon Diesel Truck Sales Restrictions

Electric Truck Sales Regulations Demand Limits on Diesel Orders: OEMs

A Volvo VNR Electric at an industry show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

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Volvo Group AB’s two North American subsidiaries continue to restrict new diesel truck sales in Oregon despite recent uncertainty over reporting requirements for zero-emission vehicle sales being resolved, they told Transport Topics.

Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are restricting sales of diesel trucks so that they meet Oregon rules that require a percentage of truck sales to be zero-emission vehicles.

Oregon’s regulations mirror California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule. The Beaver State’s ACT regulations apply to all new on-road vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds.

A proportion of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks that OEMs sell must be zero-emission vehi…

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