Mike
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Regional trucking firms should take a good long look at electric trucks, experts in the industry said. And a lack of planning could be problematic if trucking firms don’t start looking at electrification soon.
“If you don’t look toward the future, all of a sudden, your business goes away,” said Amanda Phillips, general manager of OEM sales at Meritor, speaking to an audience of about 200 trucking officials at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo held at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Phillips said she joined the Troy, Mich.-based parts company a decade ago and did not expect to be talking about electrification. But the truck market changed, and an appetite for zero-emissions vehicles grew.
On April 23, the first day of the ACT Expo, the conference gathered four trucking industry officials to discuss how to shape the future of regional freight movement, with a focus on electrification and connectivity. Industry experts at ACT Expo told Transport Topics that they see great use for electric trucks in drayage and regional freight movement, where range becomes less of an issue.
Trucking Firms Large and Small Urged to Think Electric
“If you don’t look toward the future, all of a sudden, your business goes away,” said Amanda Phillips, general manager of OEM sales at Meritor, speaking to an audience of about 200 trucking officials at the annual Advanced Clean Transportation Expo held at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Phillips said she joined the Troy, Mich.-based parts company a decade ago and did not expect to be talking about electrification. But the truck market changed, and an appetite for zero-emissions vehicles grew.
On April 23, the first day of the ACT Expo, the conference gathered four trucking industry officials to discuss how to shape the future of regional freight movement, with a focus on electrification and connectivity. Industry experts at ACT Expo told Transport Topics that they see great use for electric trucks in drayage and regional freight movement, where range becomes less of an issue.
Trucking Firms Large and Small Urged to Think Electric