European Union countries gave their final approval on Monday to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free.
Most trucks on Europe’s roads currently run on diesel, which produces greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants linked to lung cancer and respiratory diseases. Heavy-duty vehicles produce a quarter of Europe’s road transport emissions. From 2030, 90 per cent of new urban buses sold in the EU will be required to have zero emissions, rising to 100 per cent in 2035.
The EU’s truck CO2 policy has now won approval from EU countries and the EU Parliament, meaning it can pass into law.
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