Some of those elec truck drawbacks are:

• < limited range-- Heavy duty Diesel trucks can travel about 1200 miles after filling their tank in 15 minutes, BUT the range of big-rig electrics is about 150 to 330 miles.
• < and elec. recharging can take hours, even on a high-speed charger.
• < Electrics cost two to three times as much as diesel cabs, an incremental cost of as much as $300,000 per truck.
• < Electrics weigh about 10,000 pounds more than comparable diesel versions. This can reduce net freight carried by as much as 20 percent.
• < Very few heavy truck charging stations exist, and the power requirements are huge.
• < California estimates that 157,000 medium- and heavy-duty chargers will be required by 2030.
• < Peak electricity draw could be equal to adding 5,000 cities the size of San Bernardino.
• < Seems very unlikely that the California grid could deliver that much power.
• < Such heavy duty charging sites would also be needed all over the nation, a giant hurdle.

Some predicted side effects will adversely impact the public. The jump in truck costs will put small truckers out of business. Freight delivery times will increase because of long charging times. Smaller loads will require 20 to 50 percent more trucks to move the same amount of freight. 

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In opposition to these California Electric truck mandates, 19 states are supporting the lawsuit which is being led by Iowa’s Attorney General.

The Iowa AG commented: “The EPA and California have no right or legal justification to force truckers to follow their radical climate agenda. America would grind to a halt without truckers who deliver our food, clothes and other necessities. But rather than support our hard-working truckers, Biden continues to empty their wallets and force them to drive electric trucks for his radical climate change agenda. Iowa isn’t going to take a backseat as the EPA and California try to regulate truckers out of business. We’re pushing back.”

States supporting the Iowa opposition lawsuit include southern states stretching from Texas & Oklahoma across to Alabama, central states like Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Missouri, also mid-western states like Nebraska & Montana,  etc.   

States supporting the California plans include NY, NJ, Conn. & Mass. Can you guess which side Maryland is supporting on this heavy-rig electric truck issue?