Smart Freight Centre, in collaboration with CALSTART and the Government of the Netherlands (RVO), published this week a paper on how to overcome challenges to ramp up the deployment of electric trucks. The paper is part of a series of discussions on financing the transition to electric trucks. For reference, the road freight sector is responsible for 20% of GHG emissions globally but, in recent years, battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks have become market ready with successful pilots being deployed. However, the paper argues, there are still several structural barriers for their deployment, such as high deployment costs, lack of charging infrastructure and the challenge of adapting existing business models to reward sustainable transport. (....)