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Electric vehicles

Three HGVs at charging station

10/12/2025 News

UK backs electric transport with investments and trials

Carmaker Mercedes is to invest in UK EV production capacity, a new state-funded consortium in Scotland is testing electric HGVs (eHGVs) with shared charging hubs, and a recent study reports fleets have now logged over 500,000 zero-emission miles.

Road transport

Electric DAF lorries with a warehouse behind

25/5/2022 News

World’s largest fleet of zero emissions HGVs to take to UK roads

The UK government has announced that over £200mn of funding will be injected into a zero emission road freight demonstrator programme to begin later this year.

Electric vehicles

Row of HGVs on charge

8/4/2026 News

EV trucks can be run more cost-effectively than diesels, but achieving those gains isn’t going to be easy

The consortium running a publicly-funded £100mn trial of electric trucks in the UK has published the fourth and final report of the project’s implementation phase.

Road transport

Man refuelling HGV

26/4/2023 News

Europe plans for good truck charging network by 2030

New analysis of Europe’s plans for public charging suggests there will be enough infrastructure to meet increased European Union (EU) electric truck targets in 2030.

Energy policy

EU flags flying against a bright blue sky

19/7/2023 News

EU may withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty

The European Commission (EC) has proposed that the European Union (EU), its member states and Euratom (the European Atomic Energy Community) withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty. It has also proposed measures to make freight transport more efficient and more sustainable.

Road transport

Close up of electric truck charger

28/6/2023 News

Only three of Europe’s truck brands on track to decarbonise

Three European truckmakers dominate a new global ranking of truck brands’ readiness to transition to 100% zero-emission sales, according to Transport & Environment (T&E).

Road transport

View of a number of trucks on a road

17/4/2024 News

European Parliament adopts stricter CO₂ emissions targets for trucks and buses

The European Parliament has officially adopted new measures, already agreed with the European Council, to strengthen CO₂ emission reduction targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs).

Electric vehicles

Concrete mixer truck parked on grey tarmac

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25/6/2025 Feature / Toby Clark

Caught in the net: commercial transport move to battery power held up by cost issues

Large goods vehicles (LGVs or HGVs) currently account for around 18% of UK CO₂ emissions, so they are an important target in the quest for net zero. Many barriers face the adoption of any type of zero-emission truck: a report from the Green Finance Institute (GFI) last year identified issues ranging from operational restrictions to inadequate charging/fuelling infrastructure and – most of all – high initial purchase price, writes Toby Clark.

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