How do we decarbonise heavy goods vehicles (HGVs)? The scale of the challenge is clear. Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) are vital to industry and represent the backbone of trade and commerce worldwide. They are responsible for ensuring we have access to food, medicines, and goods of all kinds. 89% of domestic goods transported in the UK in 2020 were moved by road – the vast majority of which in HGVs. However, these vehicles produced 16% of UK domestic transport greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, and this needs to be reduced to zero by 2050.

The Pathway to Long Haul HGVs report was, itself, a culmination of extensive research and stakeholder consultation. We investigated the promising technologies for zero-emission road freight and started to build the business case for large scale trials and wider deployment. 

What do we need to enable the transition to zero carbon?

• Setting a clear vision

• Funding and de-risking the transition

• Developing trust in the technology

• Deploying initial infrastructure

• Progressing regulations and standards

• Building the UK supply chain

• Enabling a sustainable market

The diagram below is a schematic view of potential pathways to zero or low emission HGVs. 

There are a series of reports available relevant to this topic:

1. Standards landscape and gap analysis  

   The purpose of this report is to document findings from a review of global standards and provide recommendations on a standardisation programme that would enable safe and effective roll out of Zero Emission Road Freight Trials and establishment of a longer-term sustainable market.

2. Market opportunity mapping

   The purpose of this report is to examine the UK’s export opportunity in three emerging zero-emission HGV technologies: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Battery Electric Vehicles, and Electric Road Systems.

3. Regulation and safety roadmap

   The purpose of this report is to set out the safety activities that are required for safe on-road Zero Emission Road Freight Trials.

4. Summary of concept safety analysis

   The purpose of this report is to set out findings from a review of the hazard landscape and key safety considerations for the proposed Zero Emission Road Freight Trials.

5. Data objectives and data stakeholder mapping

    The purpose of this report is to identify what data needs to be collected from trials for evaluation purposes, to outline necessary data collection methods and to identify key stakeholders that would need to engage with this data collection approach.

6. Comparison of transport decarbonisation projects

   The purpose of this report is to explore Connected Places Catapult decarbonisation projects across road, rail, maritime and aviation. To consider potential alignment, pre-empt interoperability challenges, highlight operational and implementation synergies and accelerate industry learning.

我們如何使重型貨車 (HGV) 脫碳？ 挑戰的規模是顯而易見的。 重型貨車 (HGV) 對工業至關重要，是全球貿易和商業的支柱。 他們負責確保我們能夠獲得食品、藥品和各種商品。 2020 年，英國運輸的國內貨物中有 89% 是通過公路運輸的——其中絕大多數是重型貨車。 然而，這些車輛在 2019 年產生了英國國內交通運輸溫室氣體排放量的 16%，到 2050 年需要將其減少到零。

Pathway to Long Haul HGVs 報告本身就是廣泛研究和利益相關者咨詢的結晶。 我們調查了有前途的零排放公路貨運技術，并開始構建用于大規模試驗和更廣泛部署的商業案例。

我們需要怎樣來實現向零碳的過渡？

• 設定清晰的愿景

• 為轉型提供資金并降低風險

• 培養對技術的信任

• 部署初始基礎設施

• 不斷完善的法規和標準

• 建立英國供應鏈

• 實現可持續市場

下圖是實現零排放或低排放 HGV 的潛在途徑的示意圖。

有一系列與此主題相關的報告：

1. 標準格局與差距分析

   本報告的目的是記錄全球標準審查的結果，并就標準化計劃提出建議，以確保安全有效地推出零排放公路貨運試驗并建立長期可持續的市場。

2. 市場機會定位

   本報告的目的是研究英國在三種新興零排放 HGV 技術方面的出口機會：氫燃料電池、電池電動汽車和電動道路系統。

3. 監管和安全路線圖

   本報告的目的是列出安全的道路零排放道路貨運試驗所需的安全活動。

4. 概念安全分析總結

   本報告的目的是列出對擬議的零排放公路貨運試驗的危險情況和主要安全考慮因素的審查結果。

5. 數據目標和數據利益相關者定位

   本報告的目的是確定需要從試驗中收集哪些數據用于評估目的，概述必要的數據收集方法并確定需要參與這種數據收集方法的主要利益相關者。

6. 交通脫碳項目比較

   本報告的目的是探索跨越公路、鐵路、海運和航空的脫碳項目。 考慮潛在的一致性、先發制人的互操作性挑戰、突出運營和實施協同效應并加速行業學習。