Owner-operators, small trucking companies key to success of clean truck programs

“It speaks to an issue in the industry, which is the costs are falling on owner-operators when the [clean air] benefits are much more widespread than that.”

The success of California’s ambitious zero-emission truck programs hinges on providing financial incentives to small trucking companies so they can afford to buy the vehicles, which cost roughly three times as much as diesel models.

That was the takeaway of a panel discussion hosted last week as part of a symposium introducing yet another...

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