Numerous barriers and challenges have made trucks (both medium- and heavy-duty) more difficult to electrify than lighter vehicle segments. However, within these categories, some considerations make certain applications more easily electrifiable with current technologies, while other applications will require further improvements to electric vehicle (EV) technologies to become viable.

In its new report titled Electric and Fuel Cell Trucks 2025–2045: Technologies, Markets, Forecasts, IDTechEx forecasts and analyzes the unit sales, physical requirements, market value and different technologies of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Medium-duty trucks to electrify faster

Owing to the lower overall weight of medium-duty trucks (approximately 3.5–16 metric tons in Europe and Class 4–7 in the United States) compared with their heavy-duty counterparts, they are generally easier to electrify. Batteries for trucks typically weigh multip