Australian truck fleet struggles to decarbonise

Australia’s road freight sector is struggling to decarbonise, despite a potential $36 billion opportunity in low-carbon liquid fuels, with regulatory fragmentation and infrastructure gaps hampering progress toward the nation’s 2050 net-zero target.

Heavy trucks currently account for nearly 40 per cent of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions and around seven per cent of Australia’s total emissions – a share projected to grow by 16 per cent by 2040 without stronger policy action and greater investment in zero-emission vehicle technologies.