West Yorkshire’s Joda Freight has spent more than £250,000 in a race to reduce as much diesel as possible from its business.
The government is considering reducing the proportion of new vans required to be zero emission by 2030 from 70% to as little as 40%, as part of a review of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate.
Battery-electric trucks could be cheaper than diesel across up to 90% of the European road-freight kilometres modelled for 2030, according to a new study. But being cheaper does not necessarily mean that they can actually do the work.
Successful attempts to plug the HGV technician skills gap are not yet translating through to those qualified to work on electric lorries, with the shortfall predicted to hit 43,000 by 2035 according to industry figures.