zero emissions

But full-year sales were up 46 percent from 2022, a dealers association reports. Tesla’s Model Y was again top seller in the EV market.

Having some of the worst-ranked roads in the U.S., California’s push for zero-emission vehicles will leave road repair budgets unfunded, analysts say.

California is delaying enforcement of the new regulations—originally taking effect on Jan. 1—that would start phasing out diesel- and gas-powered trucks at ports and railyards.

Siyamak sits down with Seymour Beek, president of Balboa Island Ferry, one of Southern California’s oldest family-owned businesses. Today he will discuss the new rules in California aimed at reducing emissions and how they will impact small businesses.

The group is seeking to stop the Advanced Clean Fleets rule—which requires truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042—from taking effect.

“We are, in California, bearing this tremendous burden financially, to model good climate behavior. And it doesn’t do anything,” said Susan Shelley.