News / SME hauliers claim UK zero-emission plan for HGVs puts them at risk

Daimler H2 Powered fuel cell truck. Credit Daimler.

SME hauliers in the UK fear being abandoned in a government “greenwashing” exercise.

They are questioning plans to transition domestic haulage to sustainable fuels.

Last week, transport minister Trudy Harrison announced what she claimed would be “the world’s largest fleet of zero-emission HGV, which would be supported by a Department for Transport (DfT) £200m ($248m) three-year “demonstrator programme”.

Ms Harrison’s announcement followed EU proposals announced a day earlier.

She said: “Our road freight industry is one of the most efficient in the world, but ...