The share of road transport in freight movement in India is projected to constantly increase because of an improving highway system and the cost-competitiveness of the road sector. International Council on Clean Transportation studies estimate that heavy-duty truck activity might quadruple by 2050 to over 400 billion kilometres annually. It’s clear from the research that the internal combustion engine does not offer any realistic path to deep decarbonisation even if it includes alternative transport fuels like biodiesel, compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Only battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cells offer true solutions within the time frame of the Paris targets. And since hydrogen fuel cell technology is in the early phase of development and will require extensive infrastructure to be effective, it is clear that battery electric vehicles would work in most use cases. 

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