Battery-electric trucks are expected to play the leading role in the future decarbonization of road freight transport. At the same time, a new study from Chalmers University of Technology shows that hydrogen could remain important for the heaviest trucks operating over long distances.

Fayas Malik Kanchiralla, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Environmental and Energy Sciences, together with colleagues has analyzed how the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) proposed climate framework affects shipping's transition to new marine fuels.

Just as an orchestra needs a conductor, a battery management system (BMS) controls the power storage of an electric vehicle. However, until now, monitoring has been based only on the voltages, currents and temperatures of the individual battery cells. Their aging or possible damage can only be checked externally using complex calculations.

The UK government is preparing to water down its electric vehicle sales targets. Under the existing zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) mandate, 80% of all new cars sold in Britain would need to be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.