In December 2021, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection adopted a rule to phase out diesel-powered trucks – meaning anything bigger than a delivery van – starting in 2025. Based on California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule, or ACT, the new rules require each truck manufacturer selling medium-and heavy-duty vehicles in the state to increase the number of electric vehicles sold in the state over time. Manufacturers get credits by selling Zero Emission Vehicles in New Jersey or can obtain credits from another manufacturer’s sales of ZEVs in the state. New Jersey’s policy will require between 40 to 75 percent of new truck sales in the state be pollution-free, zero-emission by 2035.
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