Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is proposing to adopt California’s vehicle emissions standards. Minnesota Auto Dealers Association President Scott Lambert says the standards will be made by the California Air Resources Board. Rather than going through the legislative process, this rule is being promulgated through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Lambert says this rule will impact the farmers’ ability to buy trucks. “We would expect vehicles to be about $2,000 more on average. Minnesota farmers cannot go to North Dakota and buy a truck and bring it back and register it in Minnesota; the rules don’t allow that so you can’t avoid that cost.”
