Electric Trucks Are Already Lower Carbon Than Rail In Much Of North America

21 May 2024 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica

"...at California's electricity carbon intensity for 2023 of 272.4 g CO2e/kWh, delivering the same load with electric semis would result in under five metric tons of carbon dioxide, while running on rail would emit over five tons...while California is better than the US average, it?s not even close to best of breed in North America"

ADDITIONAL RELATED NEWS LINKS

• Why Extreme Heat Causes Amtrak Delays


• Company Develops Innovative Magnetic Train That Can Operate With Existing Infrastructure: 'An Easily Usable Technology'


• What China's EV Buyers' Remorse Means For The World


• Large Cities And Cancer Share An Unexpected Similarity


• Fuel-Cell Train Travels More Than 1,700 Miles On One Tank Of Hydrogen


• Microsoft Collaborates With Researchers To Make Breakthrough In EV Battery Technology: "The Holy Grail"


• On Track To Deliver The World's Most Cost-Effective And Eco-Friendly Public Transport System


• Crash Tests Indicate Nation's Guardrail System Can't Handle Heavy Electric Vehicles


• Revoy EV Promises To Electrify Diesel Semis In Minutes


• The True Cost Of Japan's Linear Bullet Train