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Europe’s Truckmakers Are in a Bind With Electric Big Rigs

Investing in all sorts of propulsion technologies offers choice, but is also risky.

Automotive battery packs and electrical driving system on display alongside a Mercedes-Benz e-Actros electric haulage truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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In just the first nine months of this year, companies sold almost five times more electric trucks in Europe than were delivered in all of 2021.