John Whelan: The upfront cost of electric vehicles moves hauliers towards using e-fuels

The investment required for new electric trucks and the availability of e-fuels remain barriers to cutting emissions from the transport sector

Stateline Transport general manager Ryan Brady says electric trucks aren’t viable but using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel will reduce carbon emissions by 90%.

EU countries and the European Parliament last week failed to reach an agreement on new rules tightening CO2 limits on heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), as Germany pulled back from earlier support for the proposal.

Already last year, the proposed CO2 standards for cars, which included a de-facto ban on new cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, had been halted due to a last-minute intervention by German officials.