California is considering a policy to drive sales of electric trucks like it has done for sales of electric cars.
Tesla semi truck. Photo: Korbitr/Wikimedia Commons
How Can We Get More Electric Trucks on the Road?
Jimmy O'Dea, senior vehicles analyst
April 23, 2019 9:35 AM EDT
That shiny new truck could have a 15-year-old engine that doesn’t meet today’s standards. Photo: Jeremy Rempel. CC-BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr)
The EPA Knows Glider Trucks Are Dangerously Dirty: It’s Time to Keep Them Off the Road
Dave Cooke, senior vehicles analyst
December 4, 2017 9:07 AM EDT
Today, I am speaking at a public hearing at EPA to push back on the agency reopening a “zombie truck” loophole. I wrote about the political motivations behind the attack on public health previously, but we now have even more information about exactly how dirty these trucks are from an interesting source: the EPA itself.
A truck believed to be Tesla's was spotted last month.
Tesla, Electric Semi-Trucks and Equity
Jimmy O'Dea, senior vehicles analyst
November 16, 2017 3:56 PM EDT
Today is the unveiling of Tesla’s electric semi-truck. There’s been a lot of interest in this truck since it was referenced last summer in Tesla’s master plan. As the unveiling nears, excitement about Tesla’s truck has been tempered by news about the company’s labor conditions and accusations of discrimination at the company. While zero-emission trucks are critically important, so are safe and equitable workplaces. My hope is that Tesla becomes recognized for the quality of its workplace as much as the quality of its vehicles. Read more >
That shiny new truck could have a 15-year-old engine that doesn’t meet today’s standards, and you may never know…except for the plumes of pollution behind it, if it’s a glider vehicle. Photo: Jeremy Rempel. CC-BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr)
Pruitt Seeks to Reopen Truck Pollution Loophole per Cronies’ Request
Dave Cooke, senior vehicles analyst
November 1, 2017 11:27 AM EDT
The EPA proposed to repeal part of the recent regulations on heavy-duty vehicles. The proposal would affect “glider vehicles” (trucks built from a refurbished engine and a brand-new chassis) and would reopen a loophole so big you could, well, drive a truck through it…leaving a ridiculously large cloud of pollution in its wake. Read more >
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week—Just One Week To Say Thanks For Moving All My Stuff?
Dave Cooke, senior vehicles analyst
September 16, 2015 1:47 PM EDT
Every day seems to bring a new internet holiday, from “Talk Like a Pirate” Day to National Cat Day (like we need an excuse to share cat videos or say “Arrrrh”?). But while the internet may have alerted you that it’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, it’s no passing fad—at 27 years strong, NTDAW is a reminder of all the hard work that goes into moving goods around the country and some of the unsung folks that help drive our economy. Read more >
