EDF Floats Study Finding Cheaper Truck EVs In Bid To Bolster EPA Rule

New research commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is finding electric vehicle (EV) costs dropping so fast that upfront purchase cost for many medium- and heavy-duty vehicle types used in cities will be cheaper than conventional models by 2027, boosting calls for EPA to bolster its forthcoming proposal on the topic. The Feb. 10 report is “highly relevant to the standards that EPA is about to propose,” EDF associate vice president for clean air strategies Peter Zalzal tells Inside...