Today, 96.9% of heavy-duty freight vehicles operate on diesel fuel, posing a major challenge for the transition toward low-carbon solutions.
Heavy-duty freight vehicles account for more than 86% of total freight transport in France (measured in tonne-kilometres in 2023). In 2024, as in 1990, they were responsible for 26.6 Mt of CO₂ emissions . While efforts to expand maritime and rail freight and to improve overall logistics efficiency remain essential, decarbonising road freight transport is a necessity.
In this article, EdEn reviews the current situation and, in particular, assesses the role that electric trucks are expected to play in the coming years.
