The EPA recently proposed new tailpipe emissions goals that could require up to two-thirds of new cars sold in the U.S. by 2032 be battery-powered electric vehicles.
Powered by small business owners and union workers alike, the trucking industry is on a collision course with the Democrat Party over federal and local efforts to phase out diesel rigs and push the shipping industry to electric vehicles.
The latest strike came a few weeks ago when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe emissions goals that could require up to two-thirds of new vehciles sold in the U.S. by 2032 to be battery-powered electric vehicles.
A top executive of one of the country’s largest trucking companies declared Tuesday that EPA’s proposed new regulations on carbon emission are impractical, excessively expensive and could have a profound negative effect on the industry that moves most of America’s supply chain across highways.
“These regulations are not practical for four reasons: costs, infrastructure, testing and data, and driving range,” Mike Kucharski, a vice president of Chicago-based JKC Trucking Inc., told the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show.
He said a new, long-haul tractor typically costs $100,000 to $200,000, while a comparable electric tractor costs at least $480,000.
Electric Not happening !!!! IMPEACH Democrats
But, But , But
me and Barry Obama invested in EV technology
signed,
Pedo Joe & Kneeling Ho
Meanwhile, rail is being almost totally ignored and certainly underfunded.
Hello, USA….we do NOT have an electric grid capable of powering the “clean” EV’s…and DUH! The vast majority of the electricity that will power these vehicles is produced by using COAL AND OIL. Idiots.
It isnt happening and Bobby Ewing will not wake up from his dream either.
Look that one up Salisbury and UMES recent grad students!
I hope they have plenty of room in those wind turbine graveyards for all the cars and trucks they will be decommissioning….