How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Washington

The document details the impact of Washington adopting the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which requires an increasing percentage of new medium- and heavy-duty (M/HD) vehicle sales to be zero-emissions starting in 2024. It highlights that while M/HD vehicles make up only 10% of vehicles on Washington roads, they contribute disproportionately to pollution, including 30% of global warming emissions, 60% of NOx, and 50% of PM2.5 from on-road vehicles. The transition is projected to eliminate nearly 47 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2050 and generate $24.9 billion in cumulative net societal benefits by the same year.

• The adoption of the ACT rule will increase the share of zero-emissions M/HD vehicle sales in Washington from less than 1% today to nearly 30% by 2030 and nearly 60% by 2035, which will eliminate almost 47 million metric tons of carbon dioxide cumulatively through 2050.
• By 2050, the ACT regulation is expected to reduce NOx emissions from M/HD vehicles by nearly 47% and PM2.5 emissions by 43%, leading to 114 fewer premature deaths, 97 fewer hospital visits, and over $1.3 billion in avoided health care costs.
• The transition to zero-emissions M/HD vehicles will provide significant economic benefits, including $2.4 billion in annual net societal benefits and $24.9 billion in cumulative net societal benefits by 2050, with operators saving an estimated $54,000 in net lifetime savings per vehicle by 2040.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2021). How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Washington. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/wa-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Washington. 2021. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/wa-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2021how, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Washington}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2021}, month = nov, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/wa-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }