The future of new green technologies in sustainable road logistics: the challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Transport over road is what keeps the world running and supplied. Without transport, the society as we all know it today simply would not exist. Transport is a great thing in that way considering how efficiently it all works and how much it is integrated into our daily lives. However, in this society where we buy more and more and where we rely more and more on transport, causes issues that have a major influence on our surroundings. The aim of this thesis is to discover what the challenges but also opportunities will be when we develop and employ new technologies for transport over roads. In this work, documents from manufacturers were analysed together with EU legislation to get an accurate view of what the possibilities are, what needs to be done and what we already have. Until we have a way of replacing the benefits of fossil fuels, companies are focussing mostly on electricity, but is that truly the way to go? While the industry is trying its best to transition to green alternatives, items like range and reliability are causes of concern.