Electrifying all US trucks will save the country $485 billion by 2050, pundit claims
03/29/2021 / By Virgilio Marin
Electrifying medium- and heavy-duty trucks reduces pollution-related costs and dramatically improve environmental conditions in poor neighborhoods, according to Jennifer Helfrich, senior manager of state policy at nonprofit sustainability organization Ceres.
During the Ceres 2021 virtual conference on Wednesday, March 24, Helfrich claimed that turning all of the United States’ medium- and heavy-duty trucks into zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by 2040 would lead to pollution-related cost savings of $485 billion by 2050.
She noted that using light-duty electric vehicles already generates cost savings over the cars’ lifetime. And while the sticker price on electric cars remains higher than its gas and diesel counterparts, Helfrich assured that upfront costs between the vehicles would even up by 2022.
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