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Colorado plan will put more electric trucks, semitrailers on the road beginning in 2027

The plan will require manufacturers to sell more zero-emission semitrailers to Colorado companies

Driver Justin Stockdale climbs on top of the new Mack LR EV compost collection truck at Eco-Cycle in Boulder on Friday, April 14, 2023. The fully electric truck will be charged at the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials and is expected to travel 15,000 miles each year reducing greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 2,500 tons over the vehicle’s lifetime. (Photo by Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)
Driver Justin Stockdale climbs on top of the new Mack LR EV compost collection truck at Eco-Cycle in Boulder on Friday, April 14, 2023. The fully electric truck will be charged at the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials and is expected to travel 15,000 miles each year reducing greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 2,500 tons over the vehicle’s lifetime. (Photo by Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
By | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Colorado's plan, which is modeled after a rule created in 2020 in California, does not require companies to buy these trucks, but instead orders truck manufacturers to sell the vehicles.
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