Earlier this year, the American Transportation Research Institute released the results of research on the full lifecycle emissions of electric trucks compared to a traditional diesel engine and other alternative fuel powertrains.
This month, ATRI followed up that report with the results of more research focused on the infrastructure challenges of EV adoption. To identify the most critical challenges, ATRI reviewed all aspects of vehicle electrification with a focus on trucking. The results of that research turned up three key infrastructure-related challenges that will impact truck electrification: U.S. electricity supply and demand, electric vehicle production, and truck charging requirements.
Jason and Matt are joined on this week's 10-44 by Jeff Short, vice president at ATRI, who talks about the results of the research and gets to the bottom of how much electricity will really be needed to power not only the U.S. trucking industry, but the nation's entire vehicle fleet.
Contents of this video
00:00 Truck electrification
3:30 Electricity supply and demand
5:08 Sourcing raw material for lithium-ion batteries
