Timeline

Already happening

• Battery electric HGVs available for back to base operations and smaller sizes; being trialled for 40-44t
• Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at prototype/trial stages
• Electricity grid upgrade costs partially shared by taxpayers
• Detailed information on the hurdles facing HGV decarbonisation and an agreed sequence of actions to overcome them
• Vehicle/energy/battery-as-a-service business models in use for buses

Next 2 years

• Better understanding of the Scottish en route energy infrastructure required for zero emission HGVs
• Further changes to the electricity market
• Bus operators and public fleets increasingly sharing energy infrastructure with other fleets
• A culture of collaboration between operators, the manufacturing, energy and finance sectors built upon robust data

Next 5 years

• Mechanisms developed for small fleets to access the commercial investment and economies of scale available to larger fleets
• Operators, both large and small, are confident in the technical and financial choices open to them
• A wide range of zero emission HGVs up to 44t will be available where infrastructure and demand are in place

2030

• 50% of European truck sales by Scania, Volvo and Mercedes Benz will be zero emission vehicles
• Depot charging and fuelling is well understood and timescales for installation are clear
• There is sufficient en route energy infrastructure across Scotland to unlock wider transition

2035

• New HGVs under 26 tonnes sold in the UK must be zero emission
• The Scottish workforce is confident and equipped to handle decarbonisation

2040

• All new HGVs sold in the UK must be zero emission
• All zero emission HGVs can charge and fuel as required in Scotland, at depots, destinations and en route