When the EU Commission proposed new CO2 targets for trucks and buses early this year, reactions landed as expected. Truckmakerspretty satisfied with the law, which will require them to reduce the climate emissions from their new sales by 90% until 2040 and whichat the Commission’s decision to not introduce a so-called “carbon correction factor” for alternative fuels in the CO2 regulation, a loopholeby most truckmakers.
Also, as the regulation only applies to vehicle manufacturers, they have no way of guaranteeing how a truck or bus will be refuelled once it enters the fleet. E-fuels would alsoAnd crucially, the availability of e-fuels and advanced biofuels will remain limited.