The future of carbon-neutral fuels for heavy-duty machines

Decarbonization of commercial vehicles and off-highway machines is rapidly becoming a hot-button topic among regulators in the EU, Asia and North America. In addition to cracking down on emissions of light vehicles, various government agencies are now looking to reduce the tailpipe emissions from all manner of industrial equipment.

Truck & Off-Highway Engineering attended an expert panel at the 2023 SAE COMVEC conference that covered renewable and low-carbon fuels as well as usage of hydrogen. The panel consisted of SMEs and engineers from various OEMs such as the Traton Group company MAN, Aramco and Ballard. They discussed the various ways in which these industries can reduce or even eliminate emissions from their machines while also discussing the economic feasibility of doing so.