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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5703061" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://thepostmillennial.com/truckers-warn-of-potential-supply-chain-problems-due-to-biden-epas-latest-electric-vehicle-regulations[/URL]Mike Kucharski, vice president and co-owner of JKC Trucking, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trucker-warns-bidens-epa-regulations-catastrophic-american-food-supply" target="_blank">told</a> Fox News that the Biden administration&#039;s proposal will reportedly push small business trucking companies out of business, which amount to 95 percent of the industry. He warned that the EPA regulations will restrict transportation capacity nationwide, and result in severe price inflation &quot;worse than we have right now,&quot; which will be passed on to consumers.The American Truck Dealers Association (ATDA) believes the regulations will result in a $42,000 increase per truck, rather than the EPA&#039;s estimate of $2,568 to $8,304 per vehicle for the technology needed to fulfill the new standards. Over the course of the program, the ATDA estimates that the associated costs of this new regulation will cost American taxpayers $55 billion. &quot;A new clean diesel long haul tractor typically costs in the range of $180,000 to $200,000,&quot; Kucharski told Fox News. &quot;A comparable battery electric tractor costs upwards of $480,000, that&#039;s about a $300,000 upcharge, [which] is cost prohibitive for the overwhelming majority of motor carriers.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5703061, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://thepostmillennial.com/truckers-warn-of-potential-supply-chain-problems-due-to-biden-epas-latest-electric-vehicle-regulations[/URL] Mike Kucharski, vice president and co-owner of JKC Trucking, [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/media/trucker-warns-bidens-epa-regulations-catastrophic-american-food-supply']told[/URL] Fox News that the Biden administration's proposal will reportedly push small business trucking companies out of business, which amount to 95 percent of the industry. He warned that the EPA regulations will restrict transportation capacity nationwide, and result in severe price inflation "worse than we have right now," which will be passed on to consumers. The American Truck Dealers Association (ATDA) believes the regulations will result in a $42,000 increase per truck, rather than the EPA's estimate of $2,568 to $8,304 per vehicle for the technology needed to fulfill the new standards. Over the course of the program, the ATDA estimates that the associated costs of this new regulation will cost American taxpayers $55 billion. "A new clean diesel long haul tractor typically costs in the range of $180,000 to $200,000," Kucharski told Fox News. "A comparable battery electric tractor costs upwards of $480,000, that's about a $300,000 upcharge, [which] is cost prohibitive for the overwhelming majority of motor carriers." [/QUOTE]

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