News / EU states must decide on zero-emission truck weights or adoption will suffer

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Lobby group Transport and Environment (T&E) has urged EU member states to agree weight allowances for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), to make them competitive with diesel trucks and support their adoption.  

The EC Weights and Dimensions (W&D) directive sets vehicle weight and length limits and is “critical to support the industrial transition to ZEVs”, according to T&E. 

The current WD directive allows ZEVs to weigh up to two tonnes more than diesel trucks that share the same driving axle limit, which T&E ...