California has surpassed its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) truck sales goal two years ahead of schedule. The goal – six percent of new trucks sold in California to be ZEV by 2024 – was exceeded by 1.5 percent in 2022, with 7,639 ZEV trucks sold.

Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California surpassed its passenger vehicle ZEV goal two years ahead of schedule – more than 1.5 million ZEV sales two years before the 2025 goal.

Half of all new medium- and heavy-duty truck sales need to be ZEV by 2035, leading up to the state’s ultimate 2045 goal of 100 percent clean trucks.

California has distributed more than $780 million to help fleet operators purchase ZEV trucks; the $52 billion Climate Commitment includes over $10 billion to accelerate the ZEV transition and build charging infrastructure.

California and the nation’s leading truck and engine companies signed the Clean Truck Partnership, which commits participating manufacturers to meeting California’s vehicle standards.

The Advanced Clean Trucks rule requires that an increasing share of new trucks sold by manufacturers in California be zero emissions trucks beginning in 2024.

The Advanced Clean Fleets rule requires that medium- and heavy-duty fleets start a phased-in transition toward the use of zero-emissions options.

While trucks represent only six percent of the vehicles on California’s roads, they account for over 35 percent of the state’s transportation-generated emissions of the poisonous, smog-causing gas nitrogen oxide, and a quarter of the state’s on-road greenhouse gas emissions.

California communities that sit near trucking corridors and warehouse locations with heavy truck traffic, which often are disadvantaged communities facing disproportionate health burdens, have some of the worst air in the nation.

Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California surpassed its passenger vehicle ZEV goal two years ahead of schedule – more than 1.5 million ZEV sales two years before the 2025 goal.