News / Electric trucks alone won't plug hauliers into EU green agenda

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Europe’s road freight sector must not ’put all its eggs in the one electrification basket’ if it is to meet the EU’s green agenda.

FedEx Express European road network SVP Martin Gussinklo told The Loadstar he was not confident electrification alone would be sufficient to meet the European Parliament’s demands for 45% of the sector to be running on renewable energy by 2030.

“We have a lot of international long-haul movements, which means we can see where the challenge is when it ...