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National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy

National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy

Full Title: National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy
Author(s): Kang-Ching (Jean) Chu, Kevin George Miller, Alex Schroeder, Alycia Gilde, and Michael Laughlin
Publisher(s): Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Publication Date: September 23, 2024
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Description (excerpt):

The United States has committed to decarbonizing freight transportation by advancing the deployment of commercial zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (ZEMHDVs) and infrastructure. It is pursuing this goal by leveraging historic federal and private investments, policies, and partnerships. Through the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization and the Global Memorandum of Understanding for ZeroEmission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, the United States has committed to identifying viable pathways and implementation actions that promote at least 30% ZEMHDV sales by 2030, with a goal of 100% by 2040. These actions, along with the investments laid out in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, put the nation on a path to advancing transportation and infrastructure solutions that are better for freight movement, our communities, the environment, and the economy.

Providing ubiquitous and convenient access to electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling along our nation’s freight corridors, and at truck depots within freight hubs, is key to successfully deploying ZE-MHDVs. Consistent with its charge in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, has developed the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy (Strategy). The Strategy guides infrastructure deployment to meet growing market demands; catalyze public and private investment;
and support utility and regulatory planning and action at local, state, and regional levels. This Strategy lays out an all-of-government approach to aligning investments and accelerating sustainable and scalable deployment of reliable ZE-MHDV infrastructure.

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