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.
The JETSI project was honored with a California Air Quality Award by the Coalition for Clean Air at the annual awards ceremony hosted on June 14, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. This prestigious award recognizes the project’s significant contribution to reducing emissions in Southern California’s commercial transportation sector.
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Los Angeles Daily News | In February, an event showcased a trucking company’s Ontario-based fleet of electric-powered drayage trucks, funded in part by a state government and pollution-fighting public agencies. NFI’s trucks are expected to offset 4,400 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
On May 9, 2024, Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) joined Rio Hondo College’s Superintendent/President Dr. Marilyn Flores and Dean of Career and Technical Education, Mike Slavich. CCA’s Executive Director Joe Lyou, Deputy Director Chris Chavez, and Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) Outreach Manager Kareem Gongora was joined by Southcoast Air Quality Management District’s Vasileios Papapostolou and Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement’s Cecilia Su’a for a tour of their automotive facilities and to learn more about their programs.
JETSI project partner, Schneider, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious John J. and Ben J. Benoit Award for Innovative Clean Air Technology for the 34th Annual South Coast Air Quality Management District Clean Air Innovation Awards. This accolade celebrates Schneider’s commitment to sustainability and its proactive use of clean technology to reduce environmental impact through the JETSI project.
Schneider National Inc. and the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) will be honored with this award for their commitment to sustainability and for embracing clean technology in reducing the company’s environmental footprint.
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.
