Companies Are Balking at the High Costs of Running Electric Trucks

A Ryder analysis shows operating expenses of low-emissions rigs are far higher than those for diesel trucks

Ryder found that as trucks get heavier the difference in operating costs between battery-electric vehicles and diesel trucks grows more pronounced. Executives at truck leasing company Ryder System spent years listening to some of their biggest customers say they wanted to switch to battery-electric big rigs.