ATA backs zero-emissions push
The ATA has backed CALSTART's Drive to Zero program, endorsing a global memorandum of understanding calling for zero-emission trucks to account for 100 per cent of sales by 2040The Australian Trucking Association has signed on with CALSTART’s Drive to Zero program, with the ATA endorsing a global memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was unveiled at the COP26 United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow last November. The MoU calls for zero-emission trucks to make up 30 per cent of sales by 2030 and 100 per cent of sales by 2040, to assist in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees as per the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The ATA says its endorsement of the program and the MoU will bring benefits on many levels.
“Through Drive to Zero the ATA will be working with a global team of leading-edge clean transportation innovators to share best practices, tools, ideas, challenges and victories, all with the shared purpose of maximising the clean air, climate and economic benefits these vehicles bring,” the body says.
“By endorsing the global memorandum of understanding on zero emission trucks, the ATA is making it clear that policies on zero emission trucks must be measured against the goal of a rapid acceleration of zero emission truck sales. Australia is not on track to meet this goal.”
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While not without significant challenges, transitioning to zero-emission trucks will not only reduce harmful emissions, leading to a cleaner environment and a more sustainable transport system, but it will at the same time reduce our reliance on diesel, with its inherent pricing and supply volatility.
Click here for more information on the CALSTART Drive to Zero initiative.
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