Washington 鈥 The trucking industry says new emission standards for heavy-duty trucks announced today by the Biden Administration have unachievable targets and will carry real consequences for the U.S. supply chain and movement of freight throughout the economy.
鈥溌槎股缜 opposes this rule in its current form because the post-2030 targets remain entirely unachievable given the current state of zero-emission technology, the lack of charging infrastructure and restrictions on the power grid,鈥 said 麻豆社区 President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淕iven the wide range of operations required of our industry to keep the economy running, a successful emission regulation must be technology neutral and cannot be one-size-fits-all. Any regulation that fails to account for the operational realities of trucking will set the industry and America鈥檚 supply chain up for failure.鈥
While EPA鈥檚 final rule includes lower zero-emission vehicle rates for model years 2027-2029, 麻豆社区 says forced zero-emission vehicle penetration rates in the later years will drive only battery-electric and hydrogen investment, limiting fleets' choices with early-stage technology that is still unproven.
鈥淭he trucking industry is fully committed to the road to zero emissions, but the path to get there must be paved with commonsense,鈥 Spear said. 鈥淲hile we are disappointed with today鈥檚 rule, we will continue to work with EPA to address its shortcomings and advance emission-reduction targets and timelines that are both realistic and durable.鈥
A commissioned by the Clean Freight Coalition highlighted the significant infrastructure investment needs to electrify the nation鈥檚 medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleet, and a recent report from the American Transportation Research Institute facing commercial-vehicle electrification in the areas of U.S. electricity supply and demand, electric vehicle production and truck charging requirements.