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Apr 19 2021

'The future is electric, even for trucks' – but they will need charge points

The road transport industry has demanded a “well-considered, evidence-based roadmap” for decarbonising road freight, amid mounting concern that governments increasingly opt for “knee-jerk” responses.

 

A UK Road Haulage Association (RHA) paper, Eliminate, Minimise, Offset, urges a stable regulatory landscape that provides investment and financial supports in the development of vehicle standards to drive down CO2 emissions.

 

Chief executive Richard Burnett said: “Both political ambition and technological potential to reduce UK CO2 emissions is clear, but sustainable and predictable implementation is less so.

 

“It’s unfortunate that, as the UK recovers from the devastating impact of Covid-19, the political debate is unbalanced and threatens to alienate any goodwill that exists ‘to do the right thing’. Read more

 

Source: THE LOADSTAR