Heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks and buses, make up about 10% of all motor vehicles globally, but produce around 50% of their carbon dioxide emissions and over 70% of vehicle particulate pollution. Understandably, there has been excitement in the potential transition of heavy-duty vehicles off of diesel and towards a cleaner, electric operating system. And while striving for ambitious ESG targets in this (and every) industry is needed and supported, it is unlikely that electrical transport vehicles will carry this load in the near term for the three reasons in this article.
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