Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Pierpaolo Cazzola:
I do not think that makes a big difference. Distribution and storage are still needed. There will still be daily charging available for heavy goods vehicles even though the power rating is much higher. There is very interesting work published by Traton, the parent company of Scania, about why battery electric, even on trucks, sounds more attractive than hydrogen. My personal impression is that on cost, it is likely battery will also win for heavy goods vehicles. The exception may be trucks travelling long distances such as from Poland to Spain. There are also other related challenges with whether electric roads would be better than hydrogen on that so there are more open questions for that use case but we will first see the transition to electrification on local and medium deliveries and that will then expand. I will stop there.
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