Delivering Jobs

The document argues that implementing fuel-efficiency standards and technologies for medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. would generate significant job growth, increase GDP, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It highlights that while these vehicles represent only 4% of U.S. highway vehicles, they consume over 20% of fuel, and that widespread adoption of efficiency technologies could save 100 billion gallons of fuel by 2030.

• Medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. consume more than 20% of the diesel and gasoline used by all vehicles on the road, totaling over 37 billion gallons, despite making up only 4% of all highway vehicles.
• Adopting existing and near-term efficiency technologies could increase the average fuel economy of these trucks to 9.7 mpg by 2030, resulting in a total saving of 100 billion gallons of fuel between 2010 and 2030, with annual savings of 11 billion gallons in 2030.
• The deployment of more-efficient trucks is projected to create 63,000 additional jobs by 2020 and 124,000 jobs by 2030, with net growth in all states. The states of California, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan are expected to lead, each adding over 4,000 jobs by 2030.
• Investments in advanced truck technologies would increase annual GDP by $4 billion by 2020 and $10 billion by 2030. Nationally, investments of $4.7 billion by 2020 and $13.5 billion by 2030 would yield savings of $10 billion and $24 billion respectively, beyond the initial costs.
• Fuel savings from these technologies would reduce global warming emissions by 140 million metric tons in 2030, which is equivalent to removing 21 million current cars and trucks from the road.
• Market barriers prevent the adoption of these technologies, including a focus on short-term fuel savings (often two years or less), fuel price uncertainty, high incremental costs for new technologies, and a lack of data on reliability, performance, and resale value.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2010). Delivering Jobs. https://www.ucs.org/resources/delivering-jobs

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Delivering Jobs. 2010. https://www.ucs.org/resources/delivering-jobs.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Union of Concerned Scientists |title=Delivering Jobs |date=2 July 2010 |url=https://www.ucs.org/resources/delivering-jobs |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2010delivering, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Delivering Jobs}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2010}, month = jul, url = {https://www.ucs.org/resources/delivering-jobs}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }