Trucking Firms Large and Small Urged to Think Electric: What do you think?

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{"text":"LONG BEACH, Calif. — Regional trucking firms should take a good long look at electric trucks, experts in the industry said. And a lack of planning could be problematic if trucking firms don't start looking at electrification soon.\n\n\n\"If you don't look toward the future, all of a sudden, your business goes away,\" said Amanda Phillips, general manager of OEM sales at Meritor, speaking to an audience of about 200 trucking officials at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo Held at the Long Beach Convention Center.\n\n\nPhillips said she joined the Troy, Mich.-based parts company a decade ago and did not expect to be talking about electrification. But the truck market changed, and an appetite for zero-emissions vehicles grew.\n\n\nOn April 23, the first day of the ACT Expo, the conference constituent four trucking industry officials to discuss how to shape the future of regional freight movement, with a focus on electrification and connectivity. Industry experts at ACT Expo told Transport Topics that they see a great use for electric trucks in drayage and regional freight movement, where range becomes less of an issue.\n\n\nRead More: https://www.ttnews.com/articles/trucking-firms-large-and-small-urged-think-electric \n\n\nWhat do you think about this?","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Worx well during natural disasters.","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I hate electric trucks","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"California is always trying to figure out away to make money. And I'm sure that means ban diesel trucks in the state. California supposed to be broke but they always doing something that involves spending more money. Of course they need to raise taxes to create all these electric fuel stops.","replyToPid":0}