In 2025, California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation, aimed at promoting zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), will create a near-total “ban” on motorhome sales in the state. It will affect other states that follow the California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations.
The regulation does not specifically ban motorhome sales, it mandates manufacturers of medium and heavy-duty vehicles to sell an increasing percentage of ZEVs each year. This has led chassis manufacturers to halt sales of traditional internal combustion engine chassis for motorhomes in California, stemming from the lack of ZEV chassis suitable for motorhomes.
It is not just CARB causing the problem right now. It is the three regulations passed in the last 2-3 years: CARB along with the Omnibus Low NOx rule and the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
These three rules work together with the goal of gradually transitioning medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2036.
We also have a small off-road engine regulation that threatens to spark ignition engines on generators.
Companies tried to fight it, but they were unsuccessful. This starts next year.
More proof that Democrats are no fun. They are anti-fun, and want us all miserable.
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Such asshattery. The demunism never stops. Nanny Newsom can go fly a kite.
California just enacted a 65 cent tax increase on fuel to start in 2026. There was no vote. Just a handful of people decided there was going to be an increase and that was that. It’s just like Jerry Brown enacting a 75 cent tax increase on fuel without a legislative vote. Those Democrat Marxist dictators are pushing Californians into the poor house.
I tried to go camping a summer ago and wherever I drove my car to a campsite it was filled with RVs and camper vehicles. Not people in tents . Especially out west.
Government has turned science into a useless, lying whore who will say anything given enough tax dollars to fund its “studies.” “Global warming/cooling/whatever? Sure it’s real! Huh? Oh, right; sure it’s man-caused and deadly!”
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything American people believe is false.” -William F. Casey, CIA director, Reagan Administration. IMO they succeeded a long time ago.