Socialism at its finest

I work for a trucking company that has a terminal in Upstate New York . One of the new truck dealers has notified them that it is state law now that if a company wants to buy a new Desiel powered /! fossil fuel powered truck from them they MUST first purchase an electric truck before the sale of a Desiel / fossil fuel truck can be made . Now they’re telling us what kind of vehicle we must buy ?? That’s not right.

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

You and/or the truck dealer are incorrect. The applicable law is the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation which is found at 6 NYCRR Subpart 218-4. You can read the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) summary here:

dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/air-quality/controlling-motor-vehicle-pollution/heavy-duty-vehicles

The ACT regulation requires applicable medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (M/HDV) manufacturers to sell a percentage of their total sales in New York State as zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) starting in model year (MY) 2025 with increasing ZEV sales through MY 2035. Transit buses, motor coaches, and emergency vehicles are exempt from the ACT regulation. The ACT regulation does not require M/HDV fleets, owners, operators, or dealerships to purchase ZEVs, nor does it directly require dealerships to sell certain percentages of ZEVs or near zero-emission vehicles (NZEVs).

HootyTheNightOwl

@windinhishair That reads as clear as mud - no wonder people don't know where they stand with it.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@HootyTheNightOwl What part of "dealerships are not required to purchase ZEVs" is hard to understand?

HootyTheNightOwl

@windinhishair The part where Who's going to to be buying these vehicles if no one beyond the manufacturer is required to sell a percentage of these things.

From where I'm sitting, it's looking like there's going to be a huge stockpile of them sitting in some warehouse somewhere - unless you can convince the military that they want them before they get scrapped at a loss.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@HootyTheNightOwl I guess we will see, won't we? But the wording isn't too hard to understand. It is pretty clear. Whether it is successful or not remains to be seen.

HootyTheNightOwl

@windinhishair From that dealer's perspective, he's probably reading that the quota has to be manufactured and thinking that he has to help to sell his share of the quota.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@HootyTheNightOwl Perhaps, but 1) the regulation clearly indicates that he has no share of the quota, and 2) that doesn't excuse lying to a customer.

HootyTheNightOwl

@windinhishair He's not lying if he genuinely believes what he says is true, though.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@HootyTheNightOwl OK. I will go with willfully ignorant and deliberately misinformed. People who sell something should be familiar with the regulations that govern them. There is no excuse not to know.