European Union countries on Monday finally approved a law on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU to be zero-emissions from 2040.

The law will enforce 90 % reductions in CO2 emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles by 2040. This means manufacturers will have to sell a large proportion of fully CO2-free trucks – including electric and hydrogen fueled vehicles – to offset any remaining new vehicle sales with CO2 emissions in 2040. (Kate Abnett, more at reuters.com)