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Reverse Course: Battery-powered big rigs could haul the future of trucking

Reverse Course: Battery-powered big rigs could haul the future of trucking

Update: 2024-04-22

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Short Run presents Here & Now's climate series "Reverse Course".

Today's episode is about how the trucking industry is responsible for almost a quarter of all American greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. But roadblocks remain to going green.

Take a deep dive on this story here.

Find out more about the Reverse Course series and listen to the previous eight episodes here.

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Reverse Course: Battery-powered big rigs could haul the future of trucking

Reverse Course: Battery-powered big rigs could haul the future of trucking

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