Truckers challenge Biden administration over climate crackdown on electric big rigs [Video]

American truck drivers are sounding the horn on the Biden administration’s recently finalized environmental regulations that aim to push for the heavy-duty vehicle sector to go all-electric.

The truckers voiced concerns that electric heavy-duty vehicle technology is not nearly advanced enough to replace the nation’s existing diesel-powered fleet, noting limitations on vehicle batteries, like low performance in cold weather conditions and shorter range. They also warned that the lack of high-powered charging infrastructure and power grid upgrades needed for fueling vehicles would present additional problems.

“I’m an owner-operator. I’ve been in the business for 30 years,” Mike Nichols, a Wisconsin-based trucker, told Fox News Digital in an interview. “Even if they subsidized the cost of the electric vehicle 100%, I still would refuse because I still would go broke. That’s how useless they are. If they gave me one of these things, I still wouldn’t take it.

“EV trucks don’t do as much work. …