{"id":1128,"date":"2021-11-08T08:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T07:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breytner.com\/2021\/11\/08\/why-do-most-trucks-continue-to-run-on-diesel-marie-joses-have-been-running-electric-for-years\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T18:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:45:51","slug":"why-do-most-trucks-continue-to-run-on-diesel-marie-joses-have-been-running-electric-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breytner.com\/en\/why-do-most-trucks-continue-to-run-on-diesel-marie-joses-have-been-running-electric-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do most trucks continue to run on diesel? Marie-Jos\u00e9&#8217;s have been running electric for years"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1128\" class=\"elementor elementor-1128 elementor-773\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59587927 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59587927\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d64dc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61d64dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28096ab4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28096ab4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a960c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66a960c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why do most trucks continue to run on diesel? Marie-Jos\u00e9&#8217;s have been running electric for years<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189918d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"189918d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-dec0ada elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/breytner.com\/en\/2021\/11\/08\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>November 8, 2021<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1e7b31 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6b1e7b31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c84e14c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c84e14c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/elektrisch-transport-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-776\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/elektrisch-transport-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/elektrisch-transport-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/elektrisch-transport-1-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f73f219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f73f219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: EenVandaag 27-08-2021<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8045a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8045a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Driving battery electric or on hydrogen electric is far from commonplace in the transport sector. Most companies do not feel the need. But Marie-Jos\u00e9 Baartmans is not one of them. Her trucks have been running completely emission-free for years.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7af48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e7af48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was her children who inspired Marie-Jos\u00e9 Baartmans to found the Rotterdam-based transport company Breytner with her brother in 2014. Their electric trucks run completely emission-free. &#8220;In the Netherlands, thousands of people are victims of poor air quality every year. Once you know that and you have young children, you&#8217;re not going to do that anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c432ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c432ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Environmental zone<\/strong><br \/>Like a number of other Dutch cities, Rotterdam city centre has had an environmental zone in place for years, to keep out the most polluting vehicles.<br \/>&#8220;When the environmental zone was introduced, the transport sector screamed murder and fire, but we saw it as an opportunity. In Rotterdam, the air quality was so bad. Driving with combustion engines just couldn&#8217;t be done anymore, was our conclusion.&#8221;<br \/><br \/><strong>Plenty of polluting truck traffic<\/strong><br \/>With her zero-emission transport company, Baartmans wanted to gain as much experience as possible, to be ready for when only clean trucks would be allowed to drive in Rotterdam city centre.<br \/>But, except for a stretch between Rotterdam-Zuid and Rotterdam-Noord, that is still a long way off. The years have passed and polluting truck traffic is still plentiful.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46bf9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c46bf9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1133\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image002.jpg 800w, https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/breytner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image002-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6c79c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d6c79c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ambition adjusted to 2030<\/strong><br \/>This is partly because the government has unified agreements on environmental zones nationwide. As a result, cities can no longer set their own rules of the game. This is also how it is in the climate agreement. Earlier, it was stipulated that cities could declare completely emission-free zones for trucks from 2025. Meanwhile, that ambition has been adjusted to 2030.<br \/><br \/><strong>Zero emission much more expensive<\/strong><br \/>It frustrates Baartmans that cleaning up road transport is taking so much longer than expected. &#8220;You have to be motivated to deal with the unreliability of politics,&#8221; she says. <br \/>In addition, it is very difficult to grow as a company, she says, because electric trucks are still much more expensive and so is transport.<br \/><br \/><strong>Technology is ready<\/strong><br \/>According to manufacturers of both battery electric and battery hydrogen-powered trucks, the technology is ready. These clean solutions may continue to coexist: battery electric trucks for short distances within cities and hydrogen as a supplement for longer distances between cities or countries.<br \/><br \/>Meanwhile, trucks weighing over 50,000 kilos are running emission-free, but there is little urgency due to delayed deadlines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ce5115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"8ce5115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/eenvandaag.avrotros.nl\/embed\/529405\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf16f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cf16f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>&#8216;Subsidy a drop in the ocean&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>Marie-Jos\u00e9 Baartmans sees it with sorrow. She doesn&#8217;t really want to depend on it, but without subsidies, she doesn&#8217;t know how to keep her head above water in the coming years.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;Basically, it doesn&#8217;t make you happy, but if we want to continue to grow in the next five years, we have to do it with subsidies. That applies to all parties doing something with zero-emission transport, because regulations are lacking. Otherwise you cannot compete with the market. That makes growth difficult, because you only have customers who believe in sustainability, and there are few of them. Subsidy schemes are a drop in the ocean.&#8221;<br \/><br \/><strong>Long-term vision missing<\/strong><br \/>According to Baartmans, the IPCC&#8217;s most recent climate report indicates once again how urgent clean driving is. &#8220;But the transport industry is conservative. We only make steps when there are regulations.&#8221; She looks with envy at a country like Switzerland, where companies that drive without emissions get tax breaks. &#8220;There is a lack of long-term vision. I solve a big problem with my company. I feel responsible, but I have to make money out of it.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b48d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37b48d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PLACED IN <a href=\"https:\/\/breytner.com\/en\/press\/\">PRESS\/NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9e33f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b9e33f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5954d0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5954d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NEWS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c5d777 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c5d777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: EenVandaag 27-08-2021 Driving battery electric or on hydrogen electric is far from commonplace in the transport sector. Most companies do not feel the need. But Marie-Jos\u00e9 Baartmans is not one of them. Her trucks have been running completely emission-free for years. 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