{"id":2639,"date":"2019-06-13T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/canada-signs-zero-emissions-commercial-vehicle-pledge\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:47:09","slug":"canada-signs-zero-emissions-commercial-vehicle-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/canada-signs-zero-emissions-commercial-vehicle-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Signs Zero-Emissions Commercial Vehicle Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada recently signed Drive to Zero Pledge<\/a>, \u00a0an international initiative that seeks to have most new commercial vehicles be zero-emissions by 2040.<\/p>\n

The pledge is non-binding, but is consistent with many of the government\u2019s policies, including carbon reduction and incentives for green investments.<\/p>\n

The federal government announced that revenue from the national carbon pricing system can be used to support fleets that invest<\/a>in environmentally clean trucking technologies and devices \u2013 a plan long called for by the Canadian Trucking Alliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Canada, transportation is the second largest source of emissions. As we move to a cleaner economy, we know we need to do something about that,\u201d the Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna\u00a0tweeted on June 1<\/a>. British Columbia also signed the initiative.<\/p>\n

The Drive to Zero initiative, created by the California non-profit\u00a0CALSTART<\/a>, covers medium and heavy-duty trucks, cargo vans and buses. It aims to bring stakeholders including governments and manufacturers together in order to facilitate the large-scale deployment of zero-emissions commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada is well-positioned to be among the leaders transitioning to zero-emission commercial fleets, delivering both environmental and economic benefits. We\u2019re a big country and we move a lot of freight by truck,\u201d said Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, a think-tank that is part of the initiative.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Trucking Alliance supports the adoption of zero-emissions technology, president Stephen Laskowski, told Freightwaves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CTA welcomes the opportunity to work with the federal government, NGOs and suppliers of heavy trucks to build a road map towards the direction and achievable timeline of zero-emission engines,\u201d Laskowski said. \u201cThe key to the success of this roadmap will not only be identifying viable technology but developing a technology implementation schedule that ensures the reliability of this equipment for future heavy-truck purchasers from coast-to-coast in all operating conditions and at all weight classifications.\u201d<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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