CTA recently introduced AB 2564, authored by Assemblymembers Freddie Rodriguez and Eloise Reyes, to address the growing concerns of the use of glider kits within California.  A glider vehicle is a truck that utilizes a previously owned powertrain (including the engine) but which has new body parts.  The engines utilized in gliders may lack modern emission controls, resulting in up to 450x the diesel particulates of a compliant engine.  

 

While gliders utilizing older engines have been illegal in California since the implementation of the truck and bus rule, one company in Tennessee has begun marketing gliders as a way to circumvent California and federal emission regulations.  This is a direct attack on CTA members who have invested in equipment that meets those standards.  

 

AB 2564 will increase the penalty for running one of these non-compliant engines in California and send a message to those companies who choose to circumvent California law.