The European Commission will review the trucking company2 The standards are due in December 2022 and are key to fully decarbonising road freight. Ahead of the proposal, the oil industry and auto suppliers are once again calling for internal combustion engines to be given a lifeline by including CO2.2 Appropriations for bio and synthetic fuels in the regulation. T&E analyzed how trucks powered by synthetic fuels (e-fuels) would compare to battery-electric trucks (BETs) in 2035 in terms of total cost and lifetime emissions, and found that e-fuels make no economic or environmental sense in trucks.
