This report assesses the potential of decarbonising heavy-duty trucks in India with zero-emission technologies, focusing on battery-electric technology. It presents a four-pillared roadmap for a transition to zero-emission trucks that addresses technology, infrastructure and operations, financing, and policy interventions for India. It achieves this by identifying economically feasible truck segments (based on weight classification) for the transition, along with strategies for developing support infrastructure and innovative financing models.Join us at Low-Carbon Prosperity in Progress: Transforming Transport in Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, on 27 June for the launch.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements 4
- Abbreviations and acronyms 5
- Table of contents 6
- Executive summary 9
- Key messages 9
- Main findings 9
- Recommendations 10
- The case for road freight decarbonisation 12
- The growing environmental impact of the road freight sector 12
- Overview of road freight in India 13
- Defining a zero-emission truck transition 16
- The state of global zero-emission truck deployment 17
- Understanding the economic viability of zero-emission trucks 21
- Meta-review of global total cost-of-ownership studies 21
- Findings of global total cost of ownership analysis for medium- and heavy-duty trucks 24
- Total cost-of-ownership analysis for India 27
- Findings of model year 2023 and 2030 total cost-of-ownership estimates 28
- Sensitivity analysis 31
- International policy developments enabling the transition to zero-emission trucks 33
- Goal setting 33
- Emissions regulations 35
- Fleet and infrastructure development 35
- Purchase incentives 36
- A roadmap for a zero-emission truck transition in India 37
- Technology 37
- Define “zero-emission trucks” 37
- Prioritise technology choices 38
- Assess technology readiness 38
- Infrastructure and operations 39
- Consider the diversity of charging infrastructure needs 39
- Identify zero-emission freight corridors 39
- Identify and plan for the costs of charging infrastructure 39
- Ensure high infrastructure utilisation rates 40
- Create a network of charging infrastructure 40
- Involve industry in deploying charging infrastructure 40
- Redesign electricity tariffs and grid infrastructure 41
- Evaluate multiple charging technologies 41
- Financing 41
- Interest subventions to lower electric-truck financing premiums 41
- Finance scaled pilot deployments of ZETs 42
- Involve shippers to drive ZET adoption at scale 42
- Transition public truck fleets to zero-emission through aggregated public procurement 42
- Explore innovative business models 42
- Policy and regulation framework for zero-emission trucks 43
- Implement ambitious MHDT CO2 regulations 43
- Adopt differentiated vehicle taxation policies 44
- Set ambitious manufacturer and fleet sales requirements 44
- Differentiated ZET purchase incentives 44
- Encourage sub-national action 45
- References 46
- Annex A. Total cost-of-ownership input parameters for diesel trucks 52
- Annex B. Total cost-of-ownership input parameters for battery-electric trucks 53
- Annex C. European MHDV Decarbonisation policy 54
- Annex D. California’s Zero-Emission Trucks policy 55
- Advanced Clean Trucks regulation 55
- Advanced Clean Fleets regulation 56
- Annex E. Methodological variations in TCO studies 57
- Annex F. Studies covered in the meta-review 60
