“ We need to work with our customers and partners to overcome obstacles and help us make the switch ”
NIKLAS ANDERSSON , EXECUTIVE VP & HEAD OF LOGISTICS DIVISION , DFDSE
The truck manufacturer : Daimler Truck North America Daimler Truck is one of the world ' s largest makers of commercial vehicles . Its ambition is to only offer new vehicles that are carbonneutral by 2039 .
The company has a dual-track strategy on electric trucks , split between batterypowered and fuel-cell powered vehicles .
A fuel cell electric vehicle ( FCEV ) drives an electric motor using hydrogen , rather than drawing electricity from a battery . Daimler
Truck is currently developing next-gen refuelling tech for hydrogen fuel-cell trucks , but already has two battery-powered trucks models in production : the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and the Mercedes-Benz eActros .
Daimler Truck recognises that the adoption of e-trucks is slow , and the company ' s Head of eMobility , Rakesh Aneja , says that changing this “ is a matter of transforming an entire industry and associated businesses in a very profound way ”. supplychaindigital . com 89