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<p>The state of the environment is deteriorating due to human activity. Today, almost no major international forum can avoid addressing environmental issues. Environmental protection has therefore become a mandatory issue for every responsible politician. In addition to contributing to economic growth, the role of road transport should be to ensure sustainable transport and solutions for people and goods around the world. The European Parliament has adopted Directive 2019/1161 on the promotion of environmentally friendly and energy-efficient road transport vehicles, which defines the obligations and forms of support for the procurement of environmentally friendly vehicles. In addition to these transport tasks, there is also a challenge to reduce CO2 emissions in transport through the use of new technologies in transport. Also in road freight transport, there are currently vehicles that use alternative fuels with a more favorable environmental impact. In connection with the current EU legislation, which aims to increase the share of these vehicles, attention is paid to the contribution of this area, analysis and examination of the current situation with trucks with alternative propulsion.</p>
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The state of the environment is deteriorating due to human activity. Today, almost no major international forum can avoid addressing environmental issues. Environmental protection has therefore become a mandatory issue for every responsible politician. In addition to contributing to economic growth, the role of road transport should be to ensure sustainable transport and solutions for people and goods around the world. The European Parliament has adopted Directive 2019/1161 on the promotion of environmentally friendly and energy-efficient road transport vehicles, which defines the obligations and forms of support for the procurement of environmentally friendly vehicles. In addition to these transport tasks, there is also a challenge to reduce CO2 emissions in transport through the use of new technologies in transport. Also in road freight transport, there are currently vehicles that use alternative fuels with a more favorable environmental impact. In connection with the current EU legislation, which aims to increase the share of these vehicles, attention is paid to the contribution of this area, analysis and examination of the current situation with trucks with alternative propulsion.

Examination of the Share of Medium and Heavy Trucks in the SR

Department of Road and Urban Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications

Transport technic and technology

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The state of the environment is deteriorating due to human activity. Today, almost no major international forum can avoid addressing environmental issues....

Examination of the Share of Medium and Heavy Trucks in the SR

Published Online: Dec 27, 2021

Page range: 41 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttt-2021-0013

Keywords
road freight transport, alternative fuels, directive EU, environment

© 2021 Marek Dočkalik, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Examination of the Share of Medium and Heavy Trucks in the SR

Published Online: Dec 27, 2021

Page range: 41 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttt-2021-0013

Keywordsroad freight transport, alternative fuels, directive EU, environment

© 2021 Marek Dočkalik, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
road freight transport, alternative fuels, directive EU, environment