$400 Million Plan for Heavy Vehicle Productivity Reform Aims to Reduce Red Tape

Electric trucks could deliver a billion-dollar payload

Australian laws are keeping heavy-duty electric trucks off the road, a report says, when they could boost productivity by more than $2 billion.

$400 million plan for heavy vehicle productivity reform aims to reduce red tape

An electric Volvo being used to transport an oversize building. Image: HVIA A $400 million reform package that aims to increase heavy vehicle productivity and support the uptake of heavy zero emissions vehicles, has today been announced by the Australian Government. These reforms will incentivise states and territories to deliver nationally consistent heavy vehicle access reforms, support the rollout of zero-emission heavy vehicles and strengthe…