Letter from Mark Stone

NY Not Ready for ACT Rule

For the first time in 31 years, I am unsure if my career and employer can survive in New York State due to the Advanced Clean Truck Rule set to begin on January 1, 2025. Our industry has weathered many crises before, but the ACT Rule could be the final blow to Burr Truck, a family-owned business of 57 years, proudly located in Broome County since 1967.

Our dealership is one of many urging New York government officials to pause the state’s implementation of the ACT Rule, along with the Trucking Association of New York and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The ACT Rule, set to begin on January 1, 2025, will require our dealership to sell one battery electric vehicle before every 10-13 clean diesel trucks. Even with incentives, these electric trucks cost $110,000.00 more than their diesel counterparts, with fewer than 40 sold statewide since 2021. High costs, limited availability, and lack of state-funded, heavy-duty infrastructure are impossible hurdles to overcome.

The potential impact? Losses of $18 million in annual sales, $4.8 million in parts and service revenue, and 30 percent less jobs.

We support the state’s sustainability goals and have invested in electric truck technology, but New York is clearly not ready. Businesses and livelihoods are at stake if lawmakers can’t find a sensible path to a cleaner, greener New York.

Mark Stone
Corporate General Manager/Director of Sales
Burr Truck
Vestal