Hey, remember how Democrats always say they’re for the little guy, but, in practice they tend to help out the big companies? Here’s another case
California’s plan to electrify trucking may be hard for small companies
Before the sun rose on a cold January morning, Alex López navigated an 18-wheeler through busy traffic on the 710 freeway. He was headed to the Port of Long Beach, just south of Los Angeles, to retrieve a shipping container and haul it to a warehouse. In the eight years he’s been driving trucks, it was a process López had done thousands of times.
“There’s usually nothing new with the routine we have as truckers,” he said.
But on this day, there was something new: He was driving an electric truck.
López drives for Hight Logistics, a family-owned company that moves cargo in and out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. In January, Hight added four battery-electric trucks to its 50-vehicle fleet. They will mostly haul containers between Hight’s warehouse and the port, a route that cuts through a cluster of communities that have some of the dirtiest air and highest rates of asthma in the country. (snip)
Hight is one of about a dozen fleets in California that have added electric trucks, a number that will grow as companies rush to comply with looming zero-emissions mandates. But as the state’s effort to electrify the sector begins, some fear it is moving too quickly and could drive small operators out of business.
But, see, it’s totally worth it to drive (no pun intended) small operators, from single truck owners to small business, out of operation as they cannot afford these trucks, and cannot deal with the short ranges and long charging times, because diesel trucks and all the infrastructure necessary is Bad for ‘climate change’ and the environment. Especially those minorities. So what if it hurts a whole bunch of working class people: they’re Saving The Planet.
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