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Why electric beats hydrogen in the race to decarbonise freight vehicles in Australia

  • Written by: Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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Transport is Australia’s third-largest and fastest-growing source of emissions, accounting for 23% of the total. Without intervention, transport is expected to be the leading source of emissions by 2030.

Transport emissions increased by 3.6% from 2022 to 2023. Emissions from on-road diesel, which dominates the...

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