Biden Delivers Road Map to Electrify Long-Haul Trucking Routes
The new plan would prioritize investments in electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen fueling stations along key freight corridors around the US.
A Daimler Freightliner eCascadia all-electric semitruck at a Meijer distribution center in Lansing, Michigan, in February 2023.
Photographer: Emily Elconin/BloombergThe Biden administration is rolling out its plan for deploying electric vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure on the nation’s freight corridors — part of a bid to decarbonize US supply chains and accelerate the adoption of emission-free big rigs.
The road map released Tuesday is designed to focus what could be billions of dollars of public spending along key roadways and to catalyze private investment in the new infrastructure, which is critical to cleaning up diesel pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucking.