(fra kommisjonsmeddelelsen)

The amended CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles 1 set ambitious emission reduction targets for new lorries, buses and coaches for 2030 and beyond. Meeting those targets will require rapid market uptake of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). In order to provide the conditions to enable those zero-emission vehicles to enter the market, Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 2 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR) sets mandatory deployment targets for sufficient minimum dedicated publicly accessible recharging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure along the TEN-T road network, in urban nodes and in safe and secure parking areas.

To reflect the rapid developments in demand for alternative fuels, Article 24(1) of that Regulation requires the Commission to adopt a technology and market-readiness report dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). The article further specifies that the report should take into account the initial indications of the preferences of the market. It should also consider technological developments in the short term, in particular regarding recharging and refuelling standards and technologies, such as high-power recharging standards and electric road systems (ERS), and the use of liquid hydrogen. In relation to hydrogen refuelling stations, the report should analyse the extent to which the technical requirements referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 are in line with technological and market developments.

Accordingly, this report provides an analysis of the technology and market readiness of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, taking into account observed powertrain technological developments and market trends as well as corresponding recharging and refuelling infrastructure deployment since political agreement was reached on Regulation (EU) 2023/1804. The assessment presented in this report draws on information received from discussions in the Commission Sustainable Transport Forum expert group as well as an external support study 3  in which relevant market actors were also consulted.