Electric HGVs are the future of freight

Workshop explores freight sector decarbonisation

Electricity rather than hydrogen will be the fuel that powers freight vehicles of the future, a gathering of logistics sector companies has found.

Aldersgate Group and the Zemo Partnership convened a workshop to explore practitioner experiences of seeking to decarbonise heavy goods vehicles (HGVs)

Participants agreed that in the long-term all HGVs need to be electrified, but there was some uncertainty about whether this will be achievable by 2050.

Participants at the workshop represented...