Electrifying long-haul freight trucks reduces societal costs in the United States
Jason Porzio, Wilson McNeil, Fan Tong, Scott Moura, Maximilian Auffhammer, Corinne D Scown · 2025
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Jason Porzio and co-authors weigh the full social cost of switching long-haul freight trucks in the United States from diesel to batteries. Their 2025 study joins cost analysis with life-cycle assessment of the harm each truck type does over its life. Electric trucks cost owners much more today, about forty-six percent more per mile, though the gap shrinks by 2035.
The harm side favors batteries strongly. Climate and health damages run roughly two thirds lower for electric trucks now and up to four fifths lower by 2035. Counting both sides, the authors find electric long-haul trucks pay off for society by 2035, as long as policy speeds their uptake.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jason Porzio, Wilson McNeil, Fan Tong, Scott Moura, Maximilian Auffhammer, Corinne D Scown |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |