Portland won’t weaken its policy to phase out petroleum diesel and replace it with biofuels

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1. skip the biofuel. go straight to sunlight.

   fleet operators will figure out the economics of DIY fuel. refine corn to make it or just park in the shade? there’s got to be electric semis from California all up and down I5 all the the way to Seattle.

   so the chargers are coming…..

   **WattEV opens world’s largest solar-powered truck charging depot boasting megawatt charging, fourth station to open in one year**

   [https://wattev.com/wattev-opens-worlds-largest-solar-powered-truck-charging-depot-boasting-megawatt-charging-fourth-station-to-open-in-one-year/](https://wattev.com/wattev-opens-worlds-largest-solar-powered-truck-charging-depot-boasting-megawatt-charging-fourth-station-to-open-in-one-year/)

   so are the trucks.

   **Oregon’s New Electric Truck Rule Is Disrupting Oregon’s Transportation Industry**

   The nation’s largest heavy truck manufacturer is headquartered in Portland but has halted sales of the vehicles in Oregon.

   [https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/01/08/oregons-new-electric-truck-rule-is-disrupting-oregons-transportation-industry/](https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/01/08/oregons-new-electric-truck-rule-is-disrupting-oregons-transportation-industry/)

   The reason for that halt, the Oregon Journalism Project has learned: a new rule issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality that took effect Jan. 1.

   **Here’s how DEQ’s “Advanced Clean Trucks rule” works: Out of every 100 new Class 8 heavy trucks a manufacturer sells in Oregon in 2025, seven must be electric**. That percentage of electric trucks will increase every year, reaching 40% of all heavy trucks sold in 2032. (In 2023, according to DEQ, Oregon dealers sold 1,708 new heavy trucks. Nine were electric.)

2. People will sip

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