Market analysis shows that the transition to zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles is progressing rapidly, even if some difficulties remain, according to a communication from the European Commission on Tuesday 27 May.
At the end of 2024, these vehicles accounted for 2.09% of new car sales in the EU, almost all of them battery electric vehicles. Increased support for the deployment of recharging infrastructure and the modernisation of the network will be needed to help the market grow.
In addition, more than 16,000 public charging points with a capacity of over 350 kW have already been deployed (see EUROPE 13638/16). Only a small proportion of these are reserved and fully accessible to heavy-duty vehicles. Nevertheless, a wide range of companies have drawn up major investment plans. Under the first call of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF), up to 2,070 reserved charging points are being financed under the first cut-off date (see EUROPE 13574/18).
In terms of technological choices, the CCS (combined charging system) and MCS (megawatt charging system) standards should coexist, at least for the next few years. It remains to be seen whether the sector will converge towards MCS for all recharging in the future.
The main barriers to the adoption of battery-electric heavy-duty vehicles are the high total cost of ownership and the limited coverage of charging infrastructure open to the public compared with the number of vehicles expected on the roads by 2030.
Read the Communication: https://aeur.eu/f/h3z (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)