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by ElijahLynn 830 days ago
Good point, and also kicked off electric semi-trucks and pickup trucks:

> Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles account for less than 5% of the vehicles on the road but produce over 20% of the emissions from the transportation sector, which currently accounts for more than one-third of U.S. green-house gas emissions.

Most of the Amazon Prime trucks in my area (Hillsboro, OR (Portland Metro) are now electric Rivian, and those things are running probably 20+ hours a day.

source: https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-projects-zero-emissions-....