Trends & Policies

With the so-called DRIVE35 programme, the Government has the intention to commit £2 billion in funding to 2030 alongside an additional £500m for research and development to 2035, signalling a ten-year commitment to UK automotive innovation.

Daimler Truck has recently held its Capital Market Day in Cleveland, North Carolina, USA, where the flagship Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 47X and 49X models are produced. Transformation to zero-emission vehicles in Europe, as well as vocational trucks in North America are part of the strat...

Six selected projects will receive a total of €852 million in grants from the Innovation Fund, using revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). "With these projects, and in line with the Industrial Action Plan for the European automobile sector and the Clean Industrial Deal, the EU is m...

As pledged in its Industrial Action Plan for the European automotive sector, the Commission is proposing to extend the current exemption period from 31 December 2025 to 30 June 2031, providing a significant incentive for companies to invest in zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles.

Within an overall scenario featured by a 20% reduction of truck sales all over the continent, both light- and medium-duty electric trucks showed significant growth. On the other hand, the heavy-duty truck segment did not follow, with figures more or less comparable to the ones we reported last year....

At ACT Expo 2025, TRC issued the State of Sustainable Fleets 2025, a true landmark to underastand how heavy transport is changing in the United States. We had a great chat with Nate Springer, Vice President of Market Development for TRC, about the philosophy behind the annual report, as well as some...