Renewable diesel vs. battery-electric: Which one has lower emissions?

Battery-electric trucks are here and available to purchase from all of the major OEMs, but there are limitations to the technology – range being front and center for the biggest portion of the trucking industry.

What’s also here and available, though mostly just on the West Coast, is renewable diesel, which new research has found can help solve the range issues of battery-electric while also drastically lowering carbon emissions without the large up-front costs.

American Transportation Research Institute Vice President Jeff Short is back on the 10-44 this week to talk about the group’s latest research that compares renewable diesel to battery-electric in a few different areas.

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Contents of this video
00:00 10-44 intro
00:30 Renewable diesel and battery-electric
03:10 What is renewable diesel?
06:55 Biodiesel vs. renewable diesel
08:43 Comparing environmental benefits, operational benefits, and costs
11:21 Operational benefits of renewable diesel
14:04 Cost difference of equipment