Trucking manufacturer and an industry leader, Kenworth based in Kirkland, Washington, has been awarded three government grants totaling $8.6 million that will support low emissions projects involving Kenworth T680 Day Cabs targeted for use as drayage tractors at Southern California ports.
The first two projects are funded at $1.9 million each by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Kenworth will build two, proof-of- concept T680 Day Cab drayage tractors to transport freight from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to warehouses and rail yards along the Interstate 710 corridor in the Greater Los Angeles basin. The third project is funded at $4.8 million by the California Air Resources Board.