Medium- and heavy-duty trucks are firmly on the path to electrification, guided by regulations which are either being finalised or have already been released.
As can be expected, updated targets allow for incremental improvements in diesel and natural gas trucks, and additional emissions reduction technologies and monitoring devices will ensure they comply on the road and not just in the lab. But now more than ever, there is an overarching emphasis on deploying alternatives to the internal combustion engine.
The US
California is a world leader in zero-emissions road transport. It is taking a stand not only on fleet average emissions, but the sale of diesel and gas trucks as well.
New legislation introduced in
