By
Team Writer
/ May 10, 2017
The company BYD, which manufactures electric vehicles, will have it’s truck demoed by the New York and New Jersey Port Authority for a number of weeks. It is being used as a potential alternative to the current diesel trucks that the Port Authority currently uses. The switch to electric trucks could have benefits for climate and public health in the future.
Key Takeaways:
- BYD announced that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will demo a battery-electric BYD Class 8 yard truck for the next several weeks.
- The truck has a 10-plus-hour operating range on a single charge and is a 1-1 replacement for the diesel yard trucks that currently operate at PANYNJ’s Red Hook facility.
- The battery-electric yard truckis 100% zero-emission and will provide meaningful emissions reductions that will benefit both public health and climate change.
“The battery-electric yard truck in this demonstration project is 100% zero-emission and will provide meaningful emissions reductions that will benefit both public health and climate change.”