Electric Semi Trucks Are Actually Cheaper Per Mile Than Diesel Trucks, Report Finds

Electric Semi Trucks Are Actually Cheaper Per Mile Than Diesel Trucks, Report Finds

Climate Nexus                      March 17, 2021

Electric Semi Trucks Are Actually Cheaper Per Mile Than Diesel Trucks, Report Finds
Diesel trucks are seen driving along a U.S. highway. Lumigraphics / Getty Images

 

Heavy duty electric trucks (a.k.a. semis) cost so much less to operate per mile than diesel-powered trucks at today’s prices that they would pay for themselves in just three years, according to a new report by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UCLA, and UC-Berkeley.

Electrifying heavy-duty trucks would substantially improve air quality.

Semis account for just 11% of vehicles on the road, but more than half of carbon pollution and 71% of deadly particulate pollution.

At today’s costs, electric semis could cost 13% less per mile than a comparable diesel-powered truck, and could cost just half as much per mile by 2030 with the right mix of policy.

For a deeper dive:

E&EThe Detroit Bureau; Commentary: Forbes, Silvio Marcacci op-ed

Author: John Hanno

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Bogan High School. Worked in Alaska after the earthquake. Joined U.S. Army at 17. Sergeant, B Battery, 3rd Battalion, 84th Artillery, 7th Army. Member of 12 different unions, including 4 different locals of the I.B.E.W. Worked for fortune 50, 100 and 200 companies as an industrial electrician, electrical/electronic technician.

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