Editing Truck (section)

===Electric motors===
{{Main|Electric truck}}
[[File:1911WalkerElectricTruck-2.jpg|thumb|1911 Walker Electric truck on display at the [[Iowa 80]] Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.]]
[[File:President Biden Ford F150 Lightning 05 20 2021.jpg|thumb|[[President Joe Biden]] test driving the Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pick up at Ford's [[Ford River Rouge Complex|Rouge Electric Vehicle Center]]]]
[[Electric truck|Electrically powered trucks]] predate internal combustion ones and have been continuously available since the mid-19th-century. In the 1920s [[Autocar Company|Autocar Trucks]] was the first of the major truck manufacturers to offer a range of electric trucks for sale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chuckstoyland.com/category/automotive/early-electric-cars/trucks/truck-auto-car/|title=AutoCar Archives|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817223150/https://www.chuckstoyland.com/category/automotive/early-electric-cars/trucks/truck-auto-car/|url-status=live}}</ref> Electric trucks were successful for urban delivery roles and as specialized work vehicles like [[Forklift#Battery-electric|forklifts]] and [[Ground support equipment#Pushback tugs and tractors|pushback tugs]]. The higher energy density of liquid fuels soon led to the decline of electric-powered trucks in favor of, first, gasoline, and then diesel and CNG-fueled engines until battery technology advanced in the 2000s when new [[Electric vehicle battery#Electric vehicle battery types|chemistries]] and higher-volume production broadened the range of applicability of electric propulsion to trucks in many more roles. Today, manufacturers are electrifying all trucks ahead of national regulatory requirements, with long-range over-the-road trucks being the most challenging.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Profita|first1=Cassandra|title=California's Landmark Electric Truck Rule Targets 'Diesel Death Zone'|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/26/883634480/californias-landmark-electric-truck-rule-targets-diesel-death-zone#:~:text=Victoria%20says%20California%27s%20electric%20truck%20mandate%20could%20help,tons%20of%20climate-warming%20carbon%20dioxide%20from%20the%20atmosphere.|access-date=14 June 2021|publisher=NPR|date=26 June 2020|quote=California will require automakers to sell more electric trucks starting in 2024. The measure, approved unanimously Thursday by the California Air Resources Board, says that by 2045 all new trucks sold in the state should be zero-emissions.|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609093456/https://www.npr.org/2020/06/26/883634480/californias-landmark-electric-truck-rule-targets-diesel-death-zone#:~:text=Victoria%20says%20California%27s%20electric%20truck%20mandate%20could%20help,tons%20of%20climate-warming%20carbon%20dioxide%20from%20the%20atmosphere.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shephardson|first1=David|last2=Groom|first2=Nichola|title=California passes landmark mandate for zero emission trucks|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-trucks-electric-idUSKBN23W31N|access-date=14 June 2021|agency=Reuters|date=25 June 2020|quote=The mandate, which applies to medium-duty and large trucks, will put an estimated 300,000 zero-emission trucks on the road by 2035. The mandate will start in the 2024 model year and initially require 5%–9% zero emission vehicles (ZEV) based on class, rising to 30%–50% by 2030. By 2045, all vehicles should be ZEVs. The regulation would apply to pickup trucks weighing 8,500 pounds or more, but not to light-duty trucks, which are covered by separate zero emission regulations.|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614121013/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-trucks-electric-idUSKBN23W31N|url-status=live}}</ref>