You can say a lot about this topic but one thing is certain, they don't care one bit about the environment. They are playing a political double game to appease the public.
If you mean anything by environmental protection, you would have long ago ensured that truck transport on our roads was significantly reduced. Stop sending goods on the trucks!
No interest from the government. What is the government doing, increasing the truck length to 34.5 m? Contrary to all reason! Totally insane!
The state makes money from trucks and the trucking industry
Revenue from companies
Very large revenues from fuel
Large revenues from the logistics industry
More important to the state is money than environmental protection
This spectacle has been going on for many years!
Completely distorts environmental protection!
What do we have to do?
Transfer most of the goods to the railway
No truck transport over 150 km
Expand intermodal terminals according to EU directives
Only handle unit loads, containers and swap bodies
An automatic handling system under existing power lines
"The Ant" our handling technology meets the terminal requirements
Distribution with electric distribution trucks
The terminals and distribution are carried out without CO2 emissions
It is necessary to expand the electricity grid, no heavier electric truck traffic
See the website information
Innovator Sten Lövgren
How many people know that the government made a government declaration in 1994 where they paid out 500 million, per year, to the truck industry if they came up with the same amount. Then FFI (Vehicle Research and Innovation) was created. The payments are still ongoing. Very scary, today there are FFI departments at the Swedish Transport Administration, Vinnova and the Swedish Energy Agency. They sit at the forefront and control the research that is to be conducted in Sweden. No wonder there is no significant research in the railway area. Nothing but a big SCANDAL!