Catenary trucks to be tested on German autobahns
dpa / heise.de
Catenary trucks will be tested on two sections of German motorway at the end of next year at the latest, according to a news report by press agency dpa carried on heise.de. The test tracks will be twelve kilometres each, and will receive funding from the environment ministry (BMUB), the report said.
It is so far unclear which technology will be used to transport goods without causing CO2 emissions in the future. In contrast to cars, batteries can’t be used to power lorries over long distances because they would be far too heavy.
Read the article in German here.
For background, read the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.
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