California to Prohibit New Diesel Trucks.

California is set to ban sales of new diesel big rigs by 2036 and convert large companies’ existing trucks to zero emissions by 2042 in an effort to clean up noxious diesel exhaust and greenhouse gases spewed by big rigs, garbage trucks, delivery trucks and other large vehicles by converting them to models powered by electricity or hydrogen. Trucking companies and local government officials call the deadlines in the rule unachievable, citing the high cost of electric trucks and their low vehicle range, and the lack of a charging network to support electric trucks.