Road freight goes green with £20 million funding boost
Government encourages fleet operators to convert to battery-electric vehicles in the transition to zero emission road freight.
From:
£20 million funding boost to accelerate the rollout of zero-emission road freight
successful projects include the trial and demonstration of 20 battery-electric DAF trucks by Leyland Trucks, an electric road system feasibility study in Yorkshire and a green hydrogen truck feasibility study focused on Scotland
announcement follows the government’s transport decarbonisation plan, in which a consultation on phase out dates for the sale of new non-zero emission heavy goods vehicles was launched
Funding to boost the