Examining the Practicality of the EV Truck Mandate

Heavy-duty trucks include tractor-trailers, ambulances, garbage trucks, and school buses. All of these are now on an official timeline for reduced emissions, in alignment with a new Federal mandate. 

Manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles must reduce their overall emissions by mandated percentages according to model year, starting with their 2028 models and extending through 2032.

When the rules were released on March 29th, we heard the usual responses from the usual cast of characters. Environmental advocacy groups love it, and trucking industry associations say it is ridiculous. But will it work?

In this week’s episode of the Art of Supply podcast, Kelly Barner investigates the details of the new rules to better understand: 

• The requirements, operational challenges, and worthy effort to reduce fleet emissions
• What manufacturers of heavy duty trucks are being asked to do by when
• Concerns beyond the usual noise that will have to be overcome before we can reduce the emissions output of the supply chain

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