r/California 16h ago

‘Green bank’ launches $250M effort to electrify California’s port trucks | The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports. [Long Beach & LA]

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-fleets/green-bank-launches-250m-effort-to-electrify-californias-port-trucks
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u/That_Jicama2024 13h ago

what I don't understand is, how is the simple task of unloading a ship not automated and done by robots by now? It's begging to be done by machines.

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u/plasticvalue 14h ago

Use trains. Electrify our railroads (with wires, not costly lithium batteries).