Experts: The Heavy-Duty Vehicle Sector Is Primed for Growth Cheaper batteries, a changing regulatory landscape and more models are all helping to grow a nascent electric-vehicle industry serving heavy-duty trucking and even farming, industry watchers say. Shutterstock/Chesky Heavy-duty trucking and farming all seem to be on the way to becoming a lot cleaner. New technologies and new interest in electric trucks, farm equipment and other heavy-duty battery-electric-powered vehicles is driving the sector at a speed not seen in decades, industry observers say. “Climate change, I think, is becoming more and more believable,” said Steve Heckeroth, CEO and founder for Solectrac, a maker of electric tractors, speaking on a virtual panel last week at the 2021 Cleantech Forum.