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INDUSTRY NEWS

CO2 EMISSIONS

TRUCK INDUSTRY REACTS TO EU PROPOSAL FOR FIRST-EVER
CO2 STANDARDS

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), representing the seven major EU producers of heavy-duty
vehicles, has noted of the European Commission’s proposal for CO2 emission standards for EU trucks, published this year.
This is one important part of a broader strategy to further de-carbonise road transport – an objective to which the auto
industry is fully committed. Nevertheless, ACEA believes that the reduction levels proposed by the Commission for 2025
and 2030 – 15% and 30% respectively – are far too aggressive, and have not been selected with the specific nature of the
truck market in mind. Given that the product development of heavy-duty vehicles to be sold in 2025 is already underway
right now, the 2025 ambition level is considered too stringent given the short lead-time for this first-ever CO2 target.

NIKOLA MOTORS V O LV O

NEW COMMAND FOR HYDROGEN UNIQUE TRUCKS
FOR ROAD WORKS
TRUCKS
Public Works Company Charier acquired
The American brewer Anheuser-Busch revealed that it has ordered a Volvo FMX 8 × 2,460 hp tridem last May
800 hydrogen trucks from Nikola Motors over five years, in order to fully for its road infrastructure construction
convert its fleet to renewable energy between 2020 and 2025. The beer activities. Designed in collaboration
company, a leader in the US market, intends to reduce its greenhouse with the bodybuilder Acmar, the FMX
gas emissions by 25% by 2025, and the 800 trucks alone will reduce Automatic Gravimetric Spreader, with
them by 18%. In addition to the Nikola Trucks, Anheuser-Busch has also integral pneumatic suspensions, has just
ordered 40 Tesla trucks, which will be used on smaller distances (500 to been delivered by Volvo Trucks France
800km); Nikola trucks have a longer range. Models Nikola 1 and Nikola and is a world first.
2, with long and short cabins, are capable of covering distances of 800
to 1,900 km with a recharge in 20 minutes, though hydrogen is required.
Nikola Motors will also supply 28 hydrogen stations, provided by its
partner Nel Hydrogen. The manufacturer’s economic model is based on
a global rental price (vehicle, energy, tire, maintenance, warranty), in the
order of 0.90 per mile (or 0.47 per kilometer), or the equivalent of a
conventional thermal truck.

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