 The electrification of the transportation sector is not easy, and it is not something that industry needs governments to lead. But, a little help from state and local governments will go a long way toward moving electrification forward wherever that leads. This isnt something we need Washington to make a call on. It is something individual companies can do, Ryan Laskey, vice president of commercial vehicles for Dana Inc . NYSE: DAN , said during a panel on Thursday at ACT Researchs Seminar 62 in Columbus, Indiana. You can get change on Main Street. Any local mayor or government can make decisions that are important to their constituents. Bill Zobel, general manager of Trillium , echoed those comments, but noted that push from government is critical to fleet adoption of electrification technologies. Governments like to offer incentives to get these new initiatives off the ground, he said. Zobel expressed hope that grants and tax credits needed to boost the electric vehicle market dont disappear the way those for natural gas have. Either governments need to sustain the path until this technology is viable, or they need to look at other ways to distribute the funds other than just giving money to fleets to buy an electric truck. Laskey and Zobel were joined on the panel by Jordan Wallpe, electric transportation manager for Duke Energy NYSE: DUK . 