transport & environment

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the authors of the study, find EU demand for zero-emission trucks will surge to 55% of sales by 2030, as prices fall. But current truck CO2 standards risk European manufacturers not meeting demand. “Our truck industry risks repeating the loss of sales to Tesla and BYD ...

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".

T&E said the requirements mean there will be enough public charging to significantly increase the EU’s proposed CO2 reduction target in 2030 – which is key to driving the uptake of electric trucks. “Charging is often cited as the big obstacle to a faster roll-out of zero emissions trucks, but lawmak...

"By 2035 virtually all new electric lorries will be cheaper to run than diesels while driving as far and carrying as much. But without a clear EU deadline, diesel trucks will pollute our lungs and the planet for years longer than necessary”, stated Fedor Unterlohner, freight manager at T&E.

"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 ...

"This is because the lower energy and maintenance costs of a battery-electric truck quickly offset its higher purchasing costs. Meanwhile, vehicles running on e-fuels would be significantly more expensive due to the high cost of a liter of e-fuel", points out T&E.