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Subcommittee advances bill letting electric semis use same state weight allowance as natural-gas trucks
Summary
The Transportation Subcommittee advanced H.3944 after testimony that the bill would give battery-powered class 8 trucks the same limited state weight allowance currently available to natural-gas trucks, aligning with a 2019 federal exemption and similar laws in other states.
The Transportation Subcommittee on Education and Public Works gave H.3944 a favorable report after testimony from a Tesla representative and the South Carolina Trucking Association. The bill would allow battery-powered class 8 trucks to receive the same limited weight allowance that the state currently grants to natural-gas trucks, aligning state policy with a federal 2019 exemption for federal roadways and similar laws in more than 20 other states.
Caroline Delaney, testifying on behalf of Tesla, said the company makes an all-electric class 8 truck (the Tesla Semi) and is building a manufacturing facility…
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