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  1. Open call by industry to EU Commission to ensure all new freight trucks are zero emission from 2035 with a limited exception for vocational trucks

    Open call by industry to EU Commission to ensure all new freight trucks are zero emission from 2035 with a limited exception for vocational trucks

    The upcoming proposal by the European Commission to revise the CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) will determine the future of the European road freight sector. Although heavy-duty trucks represent only 2% of the vehicles on European roads, their climate emissions account for more than a quarter of the EU’s road transport emissions and have been increasing continuously over the past decade.[1] Road transport and HDVs are also one of largest sources of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions, which the European Environment Agency estimates to cause 350,000 premature deaths per year in the EU.[2]

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