RV News Update: Now they say it’s not a “Ban” but may just be Motorhome “Unavailability”

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Mike Wendland

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This week on the RV Podcast: We answer all your questions about the controversial clean air regulations in California that are threatening to limit the availability of all large motorhomes in a bunch of states starting next year. Is an all-electric, no water RV toilet right for you? Maybe… we’ll tell you the pros and cons Plus, the Social Media Buzz and your questions coming up in Episode #525 of the RV Podcast

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0:00.0	This week on the RV podcast, we answer all your questions about the controversial clean air regulations in California that are threatening to ban the sale of large motorhomes in six states, starting January 1, 2025.
0:16.8	Is an all-electric, no-water RV toilet ride for you? We'll tell you all the pros and cons
0:24.1	about this coming up. Plus, the social media buzz and your questions, all in episode 525
0:30.9	of the RV podcast. As we begin the podcast this week, let's do our regular RV industry update. And as we have been
0:39.8	reporting, six states are still planning to move to restrict the sale of new gas and diesel-powered
0:46.9	RVs, thus setting the stage for major changes in the industry. California, Washington, New York, Oregon, Massachusetts, and New Jersey
0:57.6	are gearing up to enforce rules that will effectively phase out the sale of these new vehicles
1:03.4	beginning January 1st, 2025. California's Advanced Clean Trucks Act regulation, which is set to take effect on January 1st,
1:14.3	aims to increase the adoption of zero-emission vehicles by requiring manufacturers of medium and heavy-duty vehicles
1:22.5	to sell a growing percentage of zero-emission vehicles every year. Now, this initiative has raised
1:29.6	concerns within the RV industry about its impact on motorhome sales. Now, this crisis,
1:36.7	that's what it's become, has been going on for a long time. It broke in terms of general news coverage, though, just a month or so ago.
1:47.3	Now, we've been extensively reporting this, and as the story has been picked up by major news
1:52.7	outlets and mainstream press, it has become big news, and there's a lot of confusion.
1:58.4	So in this episode of the podcast, I want to try and sort it all out for you by answering
2:03.5	the many questions we have had about what is now widely called the California Motor Home Ban.
2:10.9	At the end of this update, I'll tell you about two more complications involving the RV
2:15.2	industry and California's clean air regulator, so stay noon for
2:18.9	that. And Jennifer will join me after this update for the rest of the podcast. So here are the
2:24.5	questions I'm getting the most. Does the ACT regulation explicitly ban the sale of new motor
2:32.6	homes in California? No, not explicitly. The ACT regulation
2:38.8	does not ban new motorhome sales per se. The word ban is not used at all. However,
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