Electric or hydrogen trucks - which one will be the winner?

As our world transitions rapidly to remote working and online shopping, road freight, powered mainly by diesel fuel, continues to increase rapidly. There is hope on the horizon though and it's not just Tesla's much anticipated heavy duty battery electric semi truck. All of the world's biggest truck making firms are racing to get their hydrogen or battery electric vehicles to market in the next couple of years. The question is - will we have the infrastructure ready to accommodate them? And can we afford it?




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Research links

International Energy Agency

https://webstore.iea.org/download/direct/288


https://www.iea.org/reports/trucks-and-buses

https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/electric-vehicle-stock-in-the-ev3030-scenario-2018-2030

Betterflow Truck Tailgate System

https://www.betterflow.com/en/rear-wing-system/

FORBES - James Morris Article

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2020/09/12/is-electric-truck-maker-nikola-motor-in-trouble/?sh=ba088163ed03

European Union

https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/heavy_en

IRENA Pentalateral Region Webinar

https://irena.org/events/2020/Oct/Heavy-Duty-Vehicles-in-the-Penta-Region

https://irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Events/2020/Oct/2020-10-22-Joint-Webinar-IRENA-BENELUX_TE_website.pdf?la=en&hash=46FFF9377424045B085176611BED6BDE9E92FA61

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26sEwLas054&t=1079s

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

https://www.transportdive.com/news/trucking-California-Air-Resources-Board-Advanced-Clean-Truck-Regulation-EV-zero-emissions/580560/


The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/14/eu-green-transport-target-may-have-increased-greenhouse-gas-emissions

International Council on Clean Transportation

https://theicct.org/publications/on-road-freight-lgn-germany

https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT_India-HDV-fuel-consumption_policy-update_20171207.pdf

https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ECCC_Phase2_hdv_standard_20181109.pdf

Biodiesels

https://www.edie.net/news/6/Biodiesel-worse-for-the-environment-than-fossil-fuels-warn-green-campaigners/30103/

https://files.wri.org/s3fs-public/avoiding_bioenergy_competition_food_crops_land.pdf

https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/publications/2016_04_TE_Globiom_paper_FINAL_0.pdf

EPA Smartway

https://www.epa.gov/smartway/learn-about-smartway