Battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell powertrains are far more expensive than the conventional diesel engines used by most trucks today. It has held back the launch of either technology in any meaningful volumes, and many seek clarity as to when zero emissions variants will cost the same as a diesel truck.
Technology aside, a simple increase in manufacturing volumes will help to reduce overall production costs to a point where both become affordable alternatives. However, this is unlikely to happen for the best part of a decade.
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