![]() ![]() ![]() Watch the videos above to hear from O’Leary and Nastri about the innovations that will be necessary in the trucking industry to ensure the U.S. We cannot run head-first putting the companies running the nation’s fleet out of business.” “We cannot deploy a nationwide charging network by the end of this decade one multi-year site build at a time. “Diesel has dominated our industry and it has dominated our lives, driving our economies and humankind forward in immeasurably positive ways… We cannot operate under the delusion that zero-emission technology for this industry is ready to completely supplant diesel today, or that it will be ready to do it next year or even five years from now,” O’Leary said. O’Leary said that teamwork between the public and private sectors will be key to successfully moving fleets closer to zero-emissions technologies, but noted that diesel will remain a staple resource for the transportation industry for years to come as he called for a more concentrated, collaborative effort to face down today’s challenges. That is the commitment required to meet the need for increased energy generation transmission and distribution, but it does not include the cost of real estate to cite those charger installations.” “At Daimler Truck, we’ve calculated the dollar investment in charging infrastructure required to meet nationwide 2032 climate targets, and it will take roughly $52 billion just for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. “Our company’s investments alone won’t be enough to hit the targets we’ve all set for this industry,” he added. Our customers–the nation’s fleets–can’t achieve the desired reduction in emissions nor can they realize the usefulness of these products if they can’t charge where those vehicles are domiciled when it comes to public charging for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. “Current lead times for DC charging depot projects are, in general, running over two years. “What we’re finding, or what our customers can’t find, is the charging infrastructure to run these products,” O’Leary said, speaking on the adoption of battery electric commercial vehicles. He said the South Coast AQMD has leveraged public and private partnerships to award over $140 million in infrastructure investments since 2022. ![]() He explained that the best way to achieve infrastructure for zero-emissions vehicles, including hydrogen, is to work alongside government agencies such as the Department of Energy, Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Wayne Nastri, executive officer, South Coast AQMD–the regulatory agency responsible for improving air quality for large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the Coachella Valley–took to the stage to put zero-emissions initiatives in perspective and provided context for efforts going forward. Regulator remarksĬalifornia made huge headlines of its own on the eve of ACT Expo with its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule that, in part, lays out the regulatory framework to push fleets to full zero-emissions vehicles in certain applications, namely: Last mile delivery and yard trucks must transition by 2035, work trucks and day cab tractors must be zero-emission by 2039, and sleeper cab tractors and specialty vehicles must be zero-emission by 2042. Here’s what we heard at ACT Expo 2023’s kickoff. ![]()
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