This week we were invited, together with Member States and EU decision-making representatives, to attend the High-Level Conference on the EU Automotive Ecosystem organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union #HU24EU.
Our CEO, Olof Persson, gave a speech on the peculiarities and the challenges that heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks and buses, currently are and will continue facing on the #transition to carbon neutrality.
From a technological innovation perspective, he highlighted how our industry has always been at the forefront with state-of-the-art products, confirmed by the wide offer of battery electric and hydrogen powered heavy-duty vehicles that all European manufacturers already have in their portfolios. He emphasised that on the other hand there is no single solution in #decarbonising heavy trucks; rather there is an urgent need for a technology-neutral regulatory framework that should consider carbon-neutral fuels as complementary to zero-emission technologies for reaching the CO2 reduction targets.
Olof reminded everyone that a just and affordable transition will only happen if every actor in the value chain has clear targets and he called on European and National Institutions to provide long-lasting support to customers and transport operators, as this will be fundamental to triggering sustainable carbon-neutral transport in the EU.
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9moThanks so much for sharing, Adam 😁 Exciting times