In Focus: The Challenges of Electrifying Trucks and Buses

Beia Spiller

Date

May 11, 2023

Guest

Beia Spiller

Producers

Annie M. Tastet and Matt Fleck

Image

Vitpho / Shutterstock

Putting medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles on the road will require large investments from fleet owners and automakers. Utilities and local grid infrastructure, too, will have to prepare for a boom in electricity demand. In this installment of In Focus, RFF Fellow and Transportation Program Director Beia Spiller discusses how coordination among stakeholders and complementary transportation policies can help meet these challenges. Read more about the electrification of medium and heavy-duty vehicles in a report coauthored by Spiller.

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