The Service's eastern region will evaluate the EV trucks for a year to help determine how to transition to a zero-emission fleet.
The U.S. is littered with National Parks, most of which are full of lush forests. Someone has to maintain all of that nature, and it'd be great if they didn't have to pollute so much to do it. That's why the U.S. Forest Service is now embarking on a pilot program with
, answering an executive order from President Biden's to push government fleets into zero-emission vehicles., President Biden's Executive Order 14057, titled Catalyzing America's Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability, calls for all federal government light duty vehicle acquisitions to be zero-emission vehicles beginning in 2027, and for all other acquisitions are required to follow suit by 2035.
The trial is meant to develop a zero-emission fleet strategy that figures out overall fleet size and vehicle type composition, building re-fueling and recharging infrastructure, and development of data gathering and fleet telematics for charging station deployment and efficient vehicle and energy use.
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