Trucking association calls for zero emission vehicle mandate for commercial transportation

The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) is asking the provincial government to legislate a zero emission vehicle sales mandate for the commercial road transportation sector.

The BCTA said in a release that medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles are responsible for around 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions produced on the province’s roads.

The BCTA’s Sustainability Committee is advocating for outreach and incentives for carriers to adopt fuel efficiency technology and regulation to support the use of more zero-emission technologies.

One of the measures recommended by the BCTA is a provincewide zero emission vehicle sales mandate for the commercial road transportation. It’s suggested that all medium-duty vehicles sold in B.C. be zero or low emission by 2050, and all new heavy-duty vehicles be zero or low-emission by 2060.