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Electric trucks stuck in the slow lane

[ October 19, 2022   //   ]

Almost half of all fleet managers in Europe (47%) believe that trucking will be the last segment of road transport to transfer to electric operation because of infrastructure challenges, says charging provider Heliox, in a report published on 19 October.

It said that collaborative action from private and public institutions is needed to drive the total cost of owning an e-truck. The International Council of Clean Transportation (ICCT) expects eTrucks to be more price competitive than diesel trucks in the Netherlands by 2025 and by 2026 in the UK. Whilst this is promising, the incentive schemes set up by governments to accelerate the e-transition were only remarked on by 56% of fleet managers, with over a third (39%) of them not taking advantage of any electromobility programs.

Of the four leading EV nations surveyed, Germany was found to lead the e-transition in the trucking industry, with nearly 800 eTrucks operational in 2021 out of the total 1,394 eTrucks registered in Europe. The UK had 333 registered e-trucks the Netherlands

https://info.heliox-energy.com/etruck-report

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