Semi truck fleet at the logistics center

The logistics of converting the nation’s trucking fleet to electricity poses many challenges, a study has found.

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A study of switching the nation’s 278 million cars and trucks to electricity provides a stark reality check to policy-makers at all levels of government.

The American Transportation Research Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, laid out in detail the many challenges posed by weaning the nation’s transportation fleet off petroleum. It also explains why, when politicians talk about making the big switch, they are being unrealistic in the amount of time and money such a massive undertaking will require.

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