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Can Heavy Electric Trucks Be Deployed Industrywide by 2045?

January 13, 2023

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Successful electrification of heavy trucks will require motor carriers to coordinate driver rest periods with charging their trucks, a potential obstacle that could increase carrier operational costs and result in delivery delays.

That potential challenge was among several researchers outlined at a session Jan. 9 at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

“Drivers say that truck parking needs are a crisis,” said Jeffrey Short, a researcher for the American Transportation Research Institute. “A total of 315,000 parking spots available means that in some places a truck driver will not be able to find a place to park. We think every parking place in the U.S. is going to need a charger, and that’s not going to be enough if all trucks were shifted over to electric.”

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