New Jersey is First State on East Coast to Adopt Sales Requirements for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks, Buses, and Vans
Highland Park, NJ—New Jersey has taken a significant and necessary step in the transition to electrifying the transportation segment – requiring the sale of electric trucks, buses, and vans.
By adopting the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, New Jersey sets the same targets established by the ACT program in California. The rule includes percent-of-sales requirements for vehicle manufacturers in the medium- and heavy-duty vehicle segment starting in model-year 2025 through 2035, promoting significant reductions in air emissions through vehicle electrification, with associated benefits for climate change mitigation and improved public health, among other factors.
New Jersey once again shows that it is a national leader in electric mobility, transforming New Jersey’s transportation sector into one of the cleanest in the country. “Action like this cannot wait, but we need to do more” says Pam Frank, CEO of ChargEVC-NJ, “If these rules are the stick, we need to get to work on the carrots because in order for operators to meet these goals, incentives will be required.”
Technology costs are declining. For example, between 2020 and 2021, batteries for electric vehicles have dropped about 6 percent. The combination of steadily declining costs for these vehicles and substantial federal and state level incentives will enable this transition.
Over the past few years, New Jersey has established significant clean energy goals including setting statewide goals for electric vehicle adoption in the State’s Energy Master Plan, the DEP’s 80X50 plan, and the landmark 2020 electric vehicle law, and developing electric vehicle adoption and infrastructure incentive programs through multiple state agencies. New Jersey also joined 14 states and Washington D.C. last summer in signing a regional Memorandum of Understanding which outlines a multistate commitment to reach 30% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030, and eventually 100% by 2050.
Contact: Pam Frank, CEO, ChargEVC-NJ. Phone: 609-577-2795
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ChargEVC-NJ is a not-for-profit coalition of diverse stakeholders that includes retail automotive dealers, utilities, consumer and equity advocates, environmental and labor organizations and technology companies. See www.chargevc.org for more information.