At this year's ACT Expo in Las Vegas, Clean Trucking sat down with Nate Springer, vice president market development at TRC and key author of the 2024 State of Sustainable Fleets Report, an annual report published highlighting the latest clean transportation trends. In this interview, we ask some critical questions about the report's content and what this means for the industry.
Above all, the report is designed to help navigate fleet operators through this new period of technological transformation.
In this video, we cover the highlights of this year's report, the electricity needs of fleet electrification projects, the current state of hydrogen fuel cell technology, and discuss where things will be in another five years.
This year's report has produced several key findings, among them:
- Confusion in the wake of new emissions and ZEV regulations
- Diesel vehicle sales rise ahead of regulatory changes, renewable diesel supply continues to surge
- Renewable natural gas (RNG) growth in the natural gas sector, Compressed natural gas (CNG) maintains cost competitiveness
- Medium-duty battery-electric vehicle deployments double while infrastructure challenges intensify
- Regional hubs and vehicle availability push hydrogen economy forward despite significant cost and infrastructure hurdles
[Related: RNG-fueled trucks ‘most compelling carbon reduction strategy,’ says Hexagon Agility VP]
The path towards a zero emissions future is not easy, evidenced by new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) that many operators view as harmful to their bottom line. This report provides a no-nonsense outlook on the latest developments in battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), hydrogen fuel cell technology, renewable diesel, biodiesel, and more.
