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Four Nations’ Ministers discuss electric HGVs as contribution to decarbonisation in freight

10 February 2026
 

The Channel Tunnel has been used for the first time by an electric Heavy Goods Vehicle carrying freight. The innovation followed a meeting where transport ministers from the UK’s four nations discussed decarbonising HGVs and other Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs).

Last week the Government issued a communiqué from the Interministerial Group for Transport Matters on 5 November, where the agenda focused on road safety, HDV and HGV decarbonisation and the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes...

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