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“Placing mandatory purchasing targets for zero-emission vehicles on private operators would be in opposition to basic rights guaranteed by the EU Charter", stated IRU Director of EU Advocacy Raluca Marian. "The mandate to purchase zero-emission vehicles may not only violate the right to property and...

Nike, Heineken, PepsiCo, DFDS, Maersk, ChargePoint, Nestlé, Volta Trucks, Kuehne and Nagel are among these 41 companies. They say "more ambitious CO2 standards in 2030 and 2040 will lower the costs and accelerate the production of zero-emission trucks at scale".

Article 6 of the regulation will mandate the construction of one gaseous hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) every 200 km on the TEN-T core network by the end of 2030, as well as one HRS in every urban node. According to Hydrogen Europe and ACEA, it's not enough to reach the proposed decarbonization t...

The EU Commission is set to release a new proposal on February 14 about a possible phase-out on combustion truck sales, similar to the one already established for cars and vans by 2035. Not before 2040, insiders say.

Four EU member states, namely the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg, issued a joint statements. End of sales of combution engine trucks and buses is the target of these nations, following the proposal of stricter CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles.

"Despite representing only 2% of the vehicles on the road, trucks account for more than a quarter of road transport emissions in the EU and have been increasing every year since 1990. The time to set an end date for diesel trucks is now, requiring an ambitious midterm target of at least 65% in 2030 ...