This study analyzes policies that California, the United States, and Canada have enacted to promote reduced GHG emissions from heavy-duty trucks, how these policies have impacted technology deployment, and lessons that Canada can take as it evaluates policy options to accelerate the deployment of fuel- and GHG-reduction technologies in its trucking fleet. The analysis shows that California stands apart in three key policy areas: 1) regulation for trucking fleets that requires the use of tractor-trailer efficiency technologies, 2) regulations that will require the sales and purchase of zero-emission commercial trucks, and 3) incentive and financing programs to support the adoption of fuel-saving and electrification technologies. As a result of these policies, the analysis from this study suggests that trailers operating in California have higher adoption rates of aerodynamic devices. In addition, in the nascent zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle market, California represents 42% of zero-emission buses and trucks sold in the United States and Canada.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/analysis-heavy-duty-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-technology-uptake-california-and
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/heavy duty vehicle fuel efficiency technology.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ben-sharpe
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dave-schaller
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-council-clean-transportation-icct
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heavy-duty-vehicle
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-efficiency
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicle-technology
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/california
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us