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Battery Trucks Replace Diesel as Diesel Prices Rise

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  • Qu Shaolong plugs his electric truck into a charging station in Yulin, Shaanxi.
  • Yulin serves as a major coal hub in Shaanxi province.
  • Shaanxi roads are crowded with big rigs hauling coal to railheads.
  • An increasing share of those rigs are battery-operated to avoid rising diesel prices in 2026.
  • Qu says diesel trucks are last-generation technology and will not be used again.