California backs off electric truck mandate but offers incentives

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California backs off electric truck mandate but offers incentives

California has dropped its plan to require some truckers to switch from diesel to electric semis, fearing a federal rejection under President Trump, but hopes subsidies and other measures will keep the transition going.Peter Eavis reports for The New York Times.In short:California withdrew a regulation that would have required newly registered port trucks to be zero-emission, as it needed a federal waiver unlikely to be granted under the Trump a…