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The three-week, real-world study proved that four key trucking segments are ready to transition to electric vehicles and save millions of carbon dioxide emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency<\/a> (NACFE), and partner RMI<\/a>, conducted its annual Run on Less event<\/a>, with a specific focus on real-world adoption of electric vehicles. With 13 fleet participants, the study concluded that if every vehicle in four key segments in the U.S. and Canadian trucking industries transitioned to electric trucks, about 100 million metric tons of CO2<\/sub> would be saved from going into the atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

The four trucking segments NACFE and RMI determined are ready for electrification<\/a> are Classes 3-5 vans and step vans, Class 6 box trucks, Class 8 terminal tractors, and Class 8 regional haul trucks. According to NACFE, if the four segments went electric, they would save over a megatonne of carbon emissions each year and require approximately 169 gigawatt-hours of electricity to charge them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe get asked all the time, can the grid handle all these electric trucks,\u201d Michael Roeth, executive director of NACFE, said. \u201cSo, to put that in perspective, that amount of electricity needed for necessary charging is a little bit under 5% of the electricity production and demand today in the U.S. and Canada. Clearly, there’s work to be done there, but that’s about the scale of it. In just the United States, transportation is the No. 1 sector for greenhouse gas emissions. Trucking is a very big portion of that, making up 4% of the sector\u2019s population but responsible for around 25% of the carbon emissions emitted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

NACFE found that with the increase in online shopping<\/a>, medium- and heavy-duty trucks are the fastest-growing contributor to emissions, having increased 93% from 1990 to 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a sobering fact,\u201d Roeth said. \u201cOver two decades, we continue to create more carbon, burn more fuel\u2014as well as passenger cars and trucks\u2014so the challenge we have is working to create zero-emission opportunities in trucking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Run on Less\u2014Electric<\/span><\/h3>\n

The run had three distinct parts. First, NACFE\u2019s Electric Truck Bootcamp consisted of 10 training episodes<\/a> where 48 experts answered questions and shared their insights about a variety of topics regarding electrification. Second, the NACFE and RMI team visited all 13 participants’ truck sites and interviewed 91 people who are directly responsible for operating these trucks. Third, the Run. From Sept. 2-Sept.19, metrics from each truck were gathered, including details on the weather, miles traveled, and deliveries completed, as well as the state of battery charge over the day, charging data, the levels of regenerative braking, and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor each day of the run, a story from the road was presented on our website, such as why drivers like electric charging business models, and thoughts on environmental justice,\u201d Roeth explained. \u201cAll in all, there are over 30 videos available to learn from these early adopting electric fleets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 13 fleet-manufacturer pairs that participated in this year\u2019s Run on Less\u2014Electric are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n