How electric trucks are becoming the norm for moving cargo [Video]

The next time micromobility company Lime accepts a shipment of e-bikes and e-scooters in California, a new state law means the cargo must be loaded onto an electric truck.

Drayage trucks, which bring cargo from ports to warehouses nearby, must make the move to electric by 2035 in the U.S. state.

Lime, the company behind e-bike and e-scooter rentals across North America, recently inked a deal for truck provision with California-based logistics firm Hight Logistics, which focuses on zero-emissions transport.

Andrew Savage, VP for sustainability at Lime, told CNBC that the company has its own goals for reaching zero emissions, but that there needs to cooperation across the entire supply chain.

“As we’ve looked at achieving those goals, it is completely clear that we are going to need to rely on the industries around the business that help facilitate our business to get there,” Savage said. “We’re going to need …