To achieve the UK’s net zero target, vehicles, including heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), will need to be entirely decarbonised. This study analyses policies and technologies which can contribute to the decarbonisation of the UK's inland freight sector.
The report comprises an emissions modelling exercise and a cost analysis for total cost of ownership (TCO) of long-haul trucks. The study shows that for urban and regional deliveries, battery electric trucks offer the best option to decarbonise. It also shows that battery electric trucks and those using an overhead catenary infrastructure are likely to be the most cost-effective pathway to decarbonise long-haul trucks by 2050, but that renewable hydrogen could also be an option.
For the next Government, the need to tackle climate change is more pressing than ever and transport is the highest-emitting sector
But the Government has still not set out a detailed plan to enable the transition to zero-emission trucks.
T&E appointed Element Energy to examine the techno-economic feasibility of an accelerated switch to battery electric trucks.