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Cargo, Clean and Quiet

The Port of Los Angeles is taking delivery of 25 electric trucks. It;’s the first step in a bid to reduce thousands of diesel trips and tons of pollution a day.

Imagine a heavy-duty truck, fully electric, that can haul 60 thousand pounds for 30 miles on one charge. Well, the seaport of Los Angeles is about to receive 25 of them, and officials expect the clean vehicles to catch on at ports worldwide. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports from Los Angeles.