The European electricity industry (Eurelectric) and the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) have drawn up a series of policy recommendations to facilitate the adoption of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles and the deployment of the corresponding infrastructure, in a joint document published on Tuesday 15 April.
By 2030, Europe should have between 300,000 and 400,000 zero-emission trucks on the road, according to the Regulation on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The two associations (see EUROPE 13389/24, 13617/22) stressed that “we are nowhere close to that target”. “We need the enabling conditions to be put in place to ensure an effective, efficient transition to zero-emission road transport across our continent”, said Thomas Fabian, ACEA Chief Commercial Vehicles Officer.
To achieve this, the two associations suggest: - accelerate grid anticipatory investments and permitting to allow distribution system operators to make investments based on projected heavy-duty vehicles charging demands; - accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure for these vehicles; - draw up harmonised maps of the network’s hosting capacity; - implement a fair remuneration framework for distribution network operators; - address bottlenecks in the materials supply chain; - promote interoperable data exchange between market players; - provide clear policy guidance for grid connections.
Read the recommendations: https://aeur.eu/f/gf9 (Original version in French by Anne Damiani, with Pauline Denys)