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The road to green freight: emission reductions through smarter transport solutions

Freight transportation is the engine of prosperity in modern society. It facilitates the movement of goods for manufacturing, trade, and consumption. Yet, it also accounts for a large part of CO₂ emissions on our roads. It’s time for new smart solutions.

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Jul 11, 2025

The need to make heavy-duty vehicles clean

The transportation industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the need to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency. Heavy-duty commercial, construction, and agricultural vehicles, such as long-haul trucks, dump trucks, buses, harvesters, tracked vehicles, and forklifts contribute around 27 percent of road transport carbon emissions in the EU. To counteract this, the EU Council has adopted the first European CO₂ emission standards for trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles, requiring manufacturers to reduce CO₂ emissions from new trucks by an average of 15 percent by 2025 relative to 2019 levels. Recently, the 2030 reduction target rose from 30 to 45 percent.

Mobility Tech Talk: Smart solutions driven by semiconductors

In this 10-minute interview, Vincent Usseglio, Director OEM Business Development at Infineon, talks about the transformation of the CV market and how semiconductors contribute to the decarbonization of transportation.

Featured trends

  • Battery-powered trucks are enjoying strong momentum, with large all-electric trucks already on the streets of Europe's inner cities. However, the rapid implementation of a corresponding charging infrastructure and the overall operating cost of a truck remain significant challenges.
  • Fuel-cell trucks are also expected to gain traction. There is great potential for this market segment, particularly when it comes to long-distance transport.
  • Digital innovation will play a vital part in fleet management and transaction processes. Logistics companies need to know the whereabouts of their trucks and cargos at any given time. Digital technologies deliver these insights. Other digital use cases include secure payment solutions for faster, easier transaction processing at charging stations, as well as digital travel documents for simplified border crossings.
  • Autonomous driving has the potential to reduce costs, increase safety, and lower CO₂ emissions in the trucking sector. Tests are currently underway, and major truck manufacturers are partnering with third-party vendors to promote this development. It is expected that the first trips without drivers will take to the streets in the USA by 2027.
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Infineon in the market for commercial vehicles

Infineon drives the transformation of the commercial vehicle market with reliable, energy-efficient solutions for advanced E/E architectures. Collaborating with truck OEMs, Tier 1s, and leaders in construction and agriculture vehicles, it supports trends like battery and fuel-cell technologies, for example with wide-bandgap innovations. Additionally, Infineon’s security and connectivity solutions enable smart new digital applications that save time and reduce the total cost of ownership.