The road to net zero. Study on the strategic deployment of battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell-electric vehicles infrastructure

Abstract

To fully deliver on the European Green Deal ambition, a concerted effort is needed across all sectors, particularly by the sectors of the economy that contribute the most to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Road transportation is among these sectors, accounting for roughly 20 percent of the European Union’s (EU’s) overall emissions, predominantly from passenger cars (PCs), light commercial vehicles (LCVs, such as vans), trucks, and buses.1 While multiple technologies will be needed to fully decarbonize the road transportation sector, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell-electric vehicles (FCEVs) have been selected as two promising technologies to investigate in this report. Furthermore, a need remains to assess a future where both technologies coexist as part of a complementary ecosystem. This study represents the first in-depth investigation of a potential combined ecosystem of BEV and FCEV infrastructure throughout Europe.