Ca emission control starting 2024

3 tons wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:

Treefrog wrote:
California regulations have no exemptions or lower standards for older rigs.

Actually yes, they do, the testing is based on the output of that model. so, a 2008 car doesn't have to meet the same standards as a 2023 model, they test to the design and laws of the year.

I know with big rigs there were companies building brand new rigs with older rebuilt engines (called gliders) that would get around the emissions laws and testing as they technically were registered as a 1990ish due to the motor. in fact, all vehicles manufactured before 1976 do not even require a smog check in California. and there is a bill looking to change that to 1983 I believe.

Got it, so the thousands of diesel engines were not needlessly destroyed and replaced by regulatory fiat, correct- lol!!…,So I suppose (based on cherry picking) that we’re to believe these folks replaced their engines merely outta good will…

On the other hand, maybe news of this event didn’t make it above the 45th parallel ??

“Move along Sir, there’s nothing here to see”…

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1138461_california-ban-diesel-big-rigs-pre-2010-engines

3 tons

ya that will be interesting they tried that a few years ago but it got lost in the pandemic. As of now it's just a proposal and they are only targeting big rigs, like I said, personal vehicles over a certain age are exempt. I think they will be opening themselves up for major lawsuits unless existing registered ones are grandfathered in, and they just ban new registrations. If you look at it though, that's a 23-year-old truck. No large company is running something like that on the highway to make money so it's most likely a small section of the market and more of a look at what we are doing move by CARB to make it look like they're actually doing something.

even then people will get around it by opening up an LLC in Oregon and register their trucks in Oregon and continue doing trucking in Cali