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This time EPA is targeting the California Air Resources Board’s Clean Truck Check law, also known as the Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance Program.

"With prolonged weakness in freight demand and inflationary cost pressures, the rule’s 2027 implementation timeline threatens to intensify strain across our industry," ATA said.

Daimler, International, Paccar and Volvo Group are suing the California Air Resources Board on grounds that federal actions vacated the state’s efforts to enforce its own emissions rules.

Daimler Truck will buy back $2.34 billion of its own shares, continuing a policy of returning cash to shareholders while managing the transition to low-emission vehicles.

Policy wins on commercial vehicle emissions have allowed industry leaders to shift their attention to other pressing issues, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said.

Earlier this month, nearly 100 representatives of medium- and heavy-duty truck dealers gathered in Washington, advocating for common-sense policies supporting the trucking industry.

The Senate voted on May 22 to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

EPA is reconsidering the GHG3 rule and California emission waivers, signaling a shift toward less stringent regulations that may reshape the trucking industry's future.

The trucking industry’s anticipated pre-buy ahead of 2027 is taking a different shape as economic uncertainty, shifting regulations and tariffs cloud the market.

Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S.