23 www.ortrucking.org Issue 3 | 2024 percentage of the trucks sold in the U.S. and the long-haul sector faces significant headwinds in effectively implementing a battery electric fleet. Just a few of these challenges include electric infrastructure upgrades to power plants, transmission and distribution lines and substations, and the nationwide deployment of truck chargers. These transitions will take decades to meet the needs of the trucking industry. drop-in fuel in a traditional diesel truck without consequences. There currently is research that aims to develop RD from new waste streams, as well as algae. THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE DIESEL IS HAPPENING NOW 3,000,000,000 2,500,000,000 2,000,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,000,000,000 500,000,000 – 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Used Cooking Oil Corn Oil Soybean Oil Canola Oil U.S. consumption of RD in 2023 was nearly 3 billion gallons – enough RD to transition nearly 300,000 tractor-trailers away from fossil fuels. Annual U.S. Consumption of Renewable Diesel (Gallons) Tallow Not to mention the cost of transitioning to a battery electric vehicle is 5.8 times higher than using renewable diesel. According to ATRI, to reach a goal of 22.6 percent CO2 reduction within 15 years, the cost would be $203 billion for a renewable diesel fleet and $1.19 trillion for a battery electric vehicle fleet. We know that some of OTA’s members have already made the shift to utilizing OTA looks forward to working with our industry partners and our members to ensure this transition is as smooth as possible, while keeping in mind the immediate decarbonization benefits of using renewable diesel compared to the long-term challenges and costs of transitioning the battery electric vehicle fleets. larger percentages of renewable diesel and we anticipate that number will increase in the coming years. OTA looks forward to working with our industry partners and our members to ensure this transition is as smooth as possible, while keeping in mind the immediate decarbonization benefits of using renewable diesel compared to the longterm challenges and costs of transitioning the battery electric vehicle fleets. There currently is research that aims to develop RD from new waste streams, as well as algae. THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE DIESEL IS HAPPENING NOW 3,000,000,000 2,500,000,000 2,000,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,000,000,000 500,000,000 – 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Corn Oil Canola Oil U.S. consumption of RD in 2023 was nearly 3 billion gallons – enough RD to transition nearly 300,000 tractor-trailers away from fossil fuels. Annual U.S. Consumption of Renewable Diesel (Gallons)
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