The Future of Carbon-Free Trucking Isn't Batteries... Yet

07 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Bloomberg [Paywall]

"Volvo Group is hedging its bets..."going in parallel with three technologies...The company is developing trucks that run on batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and combustion engines that burn biofuels, synthetic fuels and even hydrogen...

"It's not just the drivetrain that Volvo has to worry about. The company has set out a target to have reach net-zero emissions by 2050...all the vehicles it sells from 2040 onward need to be zero-emission..."

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