Truck manufacturers are under immense pressure to cut emissions. But should they bet on fully electric batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or even both? Multinationals are reaching different conclusions. And the wrong choice could be expensive.

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Credits:
Reporter: Beatrice Christofaro
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte RohwerKahlmann
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon

Read more:
Trends in electric heavyduty vehicles:
https://www.iea.org/reports/globalev...

Decarbonising Europe’s Trucks How to Minimise Cost Uncertainty:
https://www.itfoecd.org/sites/defaul...

A comparison of the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of European heavyduty vehicles and fuels: https://theicct.org/publication/lcag...

Truck CO2: Europe’s chance to lead:
https://www.transportenvironment.org/...


Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Hydrogen starts ahead
02:51 Batteries overtake
05:51 Is the race won?
08:12 Challenges
10:15 Conclusion