Heavy-duty electric trucks are a recognized technology, capable of reducing the transportation sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. Given the barriers that must be surmounted to increase electric truck deployments—including lack of charging facilities, limited (but ever increasing) model availability, and a lack of widespread government support to address higher upfront purchase prices—finding regions well-suited for regional haul electric truck deployments is key to ensuring their initial success and thereby advancing the overall market.
This report proposes a framework for prioritizing US and Canadian regions for electric truck deployments based on differences in key enabling traits. The highest priority regions share traits such as relatively mild weather, cheap electricity prices, high levels of freight movement, a pressing need to improve air quality, and supportive policies and incentives.