Amazon unveiled in 2024 its first electric trucks in its global logistics with eight heavy-duty electric trucks operating at and around the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer) Gov. Gavin Newsom announced recently the state has launched a $1 billion rebate program to boost the sales of electric medium? and heavy?duty trucks. The rebates range from $7,500 to $120,000 and can also be applied to electric drayage trucks, electric semis, box trucks, delivery vans and other fleet vehicles. Newsom said the move was designed to keep California’s “global leadership in clean technologies that…