Navigating the Messy Middle:
The Move to More Sustainable Trucking
Given all the powertrain solutions now available in trucking’s Messy Middle, it can be difficult to determine which solution is best suited for a particular fleet’s operation.
It helps to understand what is meant by Messy Middle. Middle implies that there was a beginning and there will be an end. And messy implies choices. It’s hard to be messy when there are no options.
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Navigating the Messy Middle March 2025
NACFE’s white paper, Navigating the Messy Middle: The Move to More Sustainable Trucking, takes a deeper dive into the term Messy Middle and provides brief descriptions of all the available powertrain solutions available to fleets today.
The paper also explains the factors that need to be considered when choosing a powertrain solution and provides a framework which is useful in the decision-making process.
For a more in-depth look at the Messy Middle, read our 2023 Thought Leadership report, The Messy Middle: A Time for Action.
