NJ Port to use electric container carrier

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will conduct the first test at a U.S. port of an electric vehicle to move cargo containers, with an eye toward eventually replacing the current gas-powered fleet.

The pilot program is part of a broader effort by the Port Authority to reduce greenhouse gases at the ports, which handle billions of dollars in cargo annually.

The vehicles, known as straddle carriers, are used to lift 30-ton (30.5-metric ton) cargo containers and load them onto trucks for...

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