With the clock ticking on a 2035 deadline to transform drayage trucks serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to a zero-emissions fleet, a group of USC researchers tackled the issues of what gaps remain to make it all happen.
A report on what they found, titled “Navigating California’s Transition to Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks,” was released on Friday, Sept. 6, and says quickly building more charging and fueling infrastructure, and creating a secondhand market for ZE trucks — to lower the current price tag — are among the challenges the ports face. The report, commissioned by the Los Angeles Business Council Institute, was produced by USC researchers at the METRANS Transportation Consortium, supported by USC andCal State Long Beach.
