Natural Gas Truck Sales Surge Even as Electric Trucks Get the Hype
While electric trucks get most of the hype for the future of trucking, cleaner-burning natural gas-powered Class 8 heavy-duty trucks sales are rising.
Fewer smog-forming nitrogen oxide emissions make natural gas trucks about 19 times cleaner than diesel models.
U.S. and Canadian Class 8 natural gas truck retail sales surged 43 percent in the first five months of the year. They fell 18 percent in the same period in 2018, according to Alternative Fuels Quarterly, released by ACT Research.
By Alan Adler, Freight Waves