Good morning,
As the trucking/drayage continues to struggle with the many
changes, cost and new regulations being made up daily, this is one
of the biggest concerns. Being a part of the drayage industry, we
and our drivers cannot afford to purchase new trucks as they are
too expensive. There are no charging stations near or around the
terminal and if there were just think of the chaos and crowd this
cause at the already crowded terminals. The distance it takes our
drivers to make 1 complete move from terminal to customer and back,
would require our drivers to stop and charge multiple times causing
more delays and the possibility of missing port cuts, customer and
terminal appointments. The weight of electric trucks are far more
heavier which would lesson the gross cargo weight of what our
drivers can haul, forcing our customers cut product and having to
ship in mulpitle containers thus losing any kind of profit which is
already thin as it is. Look at the people who will be
suffering. We understand climate change is huge and we ALL
want a better environment but we are not ready for this. It will
only make matters worse.
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