The JETSI project is a landmark initiative that will deploy 100 Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) across Southern California to demonstrate strategies to successfully scale market penetration of zero emission technologies.
JETSI project partners — including NFI, Schneider, Daimler Trucks North America, and Volvo Trucks North America — announce the collaborative project at a Southern California media event.
A two-page PDF summary of the JETSI project, suitable for printing on one piece of paper
JETSI is the largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America to date.
LAist | Electric vehicle maintenance students from Rio Hondo College and San Bernardino Valley College toured Advanced Clean Transportation Expo on May 4 to visit JETSI project partners Electrify America, Black & Veatch, Daimler Trucks North America and Volvo Trucks North America to gain industry insight and explore employment opportunities.
NFI, one of the nation’s oldest and largest third-party supply chain solutions providers, is expanding its fleet of Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) in Southern California as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) project.
Coalition for Clean Air is proud to be a part of JETSI, a landmark effort led by the South Coast AQMD, CARB and CEC to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks as well as 70 truck chargers across Southern California.
JETSI project partners are collaborating to help the freight logistics industry move beyond small pilot projects for Class 8 BETs and demonstrate how they can be deployed successfully at scale.
JETSI is jointly financed by California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission ($26.98 million), MSRC ($8 million), and South Coast AQMD ($5.4 million), with an additional $21.7 million from Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison, NFI, and Schneider. JETSI is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
