Texas awards $8 million in state incentives for electric trucks
In Texas, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) reported that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded $8.2 million in state incentives to help companies operating in Texas purchase 51 electric trucks. According to the report, the agency’s funding for electric vehicles is a direct result of coordinated efforts by EDF and industry partners to request a guaranteed set-aside for funding of zero-emission trucks in the agency’s Texas Clean Fleet Program. EDF noted that Texas has enjoyed $2.2 billion of announced investments in electric vehicle manufacturing, with at least 4,600 jobs created by the nearly 50 Texas-based EV supply chain companies in the state.