Market potential of catenary hybrid electric trucks in different world regions

Catenary hybrid electric vehicles (CHV) are one solution for a decarbonization of heavy-duty transport. To this point, research focuses on Germany and Sweden while other regions with large amounts of trucks are neglected. In this paper, the economic market potential of CHV in Europe, the US, China and India are analyzed. We find high market shares for CHVs with diesel engine for large parts of the considered markets.