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Truck and Policy Makers Will Need to Tag Team Against Emissions
The industry is technologically capable of meeting the EU's tough targets, but massive mobilization will be required.
Volvo AB’s news conference at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, in September.
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Most people have yet to see one on the streets of Europe, but the EU wants to make them ubiquitous within a few years.
Trucks using batteries or hydrogen fuel cells instead of diesel engines will need to make up the vast majority of new sales by 2040 under plans to reduce CO2 emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 90% from 2019 levels.