Heavy duty trucks are only 5 percent of all the vehicles on the road in the US but are responsible for 25 percent of vehicle emissions. Since emissions from cars and trucks are the single greatest source of the nation’s emissions, it is clear that having a larger electric truck fleet is the best way to significantly reduce carbon emissions from vehicles.
Call it the low hanging fruit, if you will — the easiest and most cost effective way to put America in the forefront of nations when it comes to honoring the commitment made to each other in Paris in 2015.There is a difference between electric trucks and diesel powered trucks, however. A diesel semi can go up to 2000 miles on a single tank of fuel (assuming it has a really big fuel tank. 900 miles is more typical). An electric semi is more likely to have a range of 200 to 300 miles. What that means is, an electric truck today is best suited for short to medium range operations, not transcontinental jaunt
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