Global Commercial Drive To Zero Program — Drive to Zero Newsletter

Program Updates

In the first quarter of this year, we saw strong leadership from our Global MOU signatories and endorsers, from large companies calling for UK regulatory action to Ethiopia’s commitment to install abundant highway charging. I’m thrilled about our Q2 plans to harness and accelerate this momentum with a strong eye toward powering our global zero-emission transport future.

We and our partners are launching the Global Green Road Corridors initiative, a first-of-its-kind collaboration among governments, nonprofits, and financial institutions to decarbonize the corridors that trucks and buses use to move people and the world’s goods from ports to hubs to cities.

Throughout 2025, we’ll examine how the varied zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (ZE-MHDV) stakeholders are working to decarbonize each corridor. We will also learn about the struggles these projects face and how allies can overcome them. Finally, we will identify tools, processes, and approaches to apply to other major corridors globally to accelerate the transition to zero-emission freight and transit. To learn more, register to join our webinar on the 1-95 corridor in the United States (March 27, 2025, at 11:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm UTC / 4:00 pm CET).

If you haven’t already, check out the agenda for the invitation-only Global MOU Summit (Arnhem, Netherlands; June 2-4) for Global MOU signatories and endorsers.Participants will engage in more than a dozen varied workshops, networking events, tours, and activities focused on the leading-edge programs, practices, policies, and more that our Global MOU community is leading. Endorse the Global MOU today and then join us in Arnhem!

-Stephanie Kodish, Global Director, Drive to Zero

Special Features

Smart Freight Week

Drive to Zero Europe Director Sita Holtslag was a featured panelist at Smart Freight Week in Amsterdam. Sita, along with experts from TRATON GROUP, Trailer Dynamics, VSB Logistics, and others dove into the realities, challenges, and solutions for the economics of zero-emission trucks and buses.

Sita Holtslag, Europe Director for CALSTART’s Drive to Zero, spoke at the session during Smart Freight Week on “The Economics of Battery Electric Trucks and Competing Technologies to Decarbonize Road Freight.”

ECTA Event: Tracking Progress – Key Indicators for Zero-Emission Trucking in Europe

The European Clean Trucking Alliance (ECTA) is hosting a high-level event to explore the transition to zero-emission trucking across Europe. Global MOU endorser ECTA will present the results of a new study assessing the progress of selected EU countries and discussing key policy recommendations.

Date: 27 March 2025, from 9:30 to 12:00 CET