The American Trucking Association website has an interesting blog post last month regarding electrical duties for the Trucking sector. It focuses on the testimony of Andrew Boyle, ATA’s first vice president and co-chair of Boyle Transportatio based in Massachusettsn before the Senate Environmental and Public Works Subcommittee on the future of clean vehicles.
An excerpt from his opening speech:
Boyle’s testimony demonstrated the disconnect between the mission and the real world.
From the article.
After a trucking company attempted to electrify just 30 trucks at a station in Joliet, Illinois, local officials canceled that plan, saying they would use more electricity than necessary. to power the whole city.
A company in California has attempted to electrify 12 forklifts. Not a truck, but forklifts. The local power companies told them that was not possible.
Cost, sourcing and reliability are being ignored
Besides the potential for inflation, the costs these will impose will be problems caused by weight.
It’s not that we can’t overcome challenges, it’s that we don’t overcome them by pretending they don’t exist.
California standards will unleash supply chain disruption across the country.
The order of execution is very important
bottom line: The trucking industry begins with ‘yes’. We are committed to protecting the environment and reducing our footprint, and we have proven it. All we ask is honesty and transparency about the way forward. While we share a passion for electric vehicles in autos and light vehicles, predicting an automotive architecture based on trucking industry dynamics is a big mistake.
Success will depend on nation standards with achievable goals and realistic timelines that allow innovation to flourish.
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