The commercial transportation sector makes up 60 per cent of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions in B.C.
B.C. will be spending nearly $90 million to help companies and organizations get fuel-hungry trucks off the road and replace them with zero-emissions, heavy duty vehicles.
Premier David Eby noted B.C. is leading all provinces in the switch to zero-emission passenger vehicles, which has increased from 5,000 in 2016 to more than 100,000 today, but the commercial vehicle sector faces a more difficult transition.
Another $30 million will go toward an innovation challenge to help innovators and entrepreneurs design and build new clean-energy technology for the commercial vehicle sector, while $19.5 million will be spent building 130 new medium- and heavy-duty charging stations throughout the province.
“We are seeing good progress but the scale of the climate crisis and the tremendous opportunities ahead means we have to act with urgency,” said Eby.
Transportation is one of the biggest sources of climate-related gases in the province. B.C.’s commercial transportation sector makes up 60 per cent of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and a quarter of total emissions.