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Speeding ahead: truck sector gears up for net zero
26/4/2023
6 min read
Feature
The heavy road freight sector in the UK and Europe is gearing up to switch from diesel to predominantly battery electric trucks, says Transport & Environment, along with hydrogen fuel cells and e-fuels, to accelerate decarbonisation on the road to net zero. New Energy World’s Features Editor Brian Davis reports.
A study by Transport & Environment (T&E) reports widespread consensus among European truck manufacturers and industry stakeholders that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) look set to play a dominant role in decarbonising the road freight sector on the road to net zero.
Major truck makers including Daimler, Leyland DAF, Renault Trucks, Scania, MAN and Volvo Trucks are focused on making BEVs mainstream across all vehicle segments, along with new entrants such as Dennis Eagle, Tevva, Volta and others targeting the urban/short haul and municipal vehicles markets, according to a more recent report by Element Energy for T&E.
The speed of transition varies in different markets and there is controversy about the rate of change forecast in mainland Europe.