Port of LA seeks proposals for zero-emission truck project

The Port of Los Angeles has issued a Request for Proposals (RPF) seeking one or more teams of trucking companies and truck manufacturers to demonstrate zero-emissions short-haul drayage trucks.

A total of US$3m in grant funding is available and the port is offering up to US$300,000 per truck toward the cost of 10 zero-emissions trucks and related infrastructure.

Gene Seroka, Los Angeles Port executive director, said: “The project represents the first in a series of financial incentives we will offer to accelerate the deployment of zero-emissions trucks.