The JETSI project is a landmark initiative that will deploy 100 Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) across Southern California to demonstrate strategies to successfully scale market penetration of zero emission technologies.
The JETSI project was honored with a California Air Quality Award by the Coalition for Clean Air at the annual awards ceremony hosted on June 14, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. This prestigious award recognizes the project’s significant contribution to reducing emissions in Southern California’s commercial transportation sector.
A two-page PDF summary of the JETSI project, suitable for printing on one piece of paper
Los Angeles Daily News | In February, an event showcased a trucking company’s Ontario-based fleet of electric-powered drayage trucks, funded in part by a state government and pollution-fighting public agencies. NFI’s trucks are expected to offset 4,400 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
Coalition for Clean Air | The Coalition for Clean Air, in partnership with the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ), gathered community perspectives on the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI). Their insights highlight both the air quality benefits of battery-electric trucks for overburdened freight corridors and the need for equitable infrastructure planning, health protections, and community engagement to ensure a just clean freight transition.
Skills Jam | JJ Owens joined the students for their tour with JETSI project partners to gain insight on their education, career aspirations, and thoughts on the technology at ACT Expo
As part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative’s (JETSI) workforce development initiative, 35 students received hands-on exposure to battery-electric vehicles and innovative technologies through a guided tour and interactive sessions with industry leaders. This educational experience took place during ACT Expo 2025, held April 28 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
JETSI project partners are collaborating to help the freight logistics industry move beyond small pilot projects for Class 8 BETs and demonstrate how they can be deployed successfully at scale.
JETSI is jointly financed by California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission ($26.98 million), MSRC ($8 million), and South Coast AQMD ($5.4 million), with an additional $21.7 million from Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison, NFI, and Schneider. JETSI is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
