{"id":85587,"date":"2025-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/04\/09\/green-trucking-sector-loses-traction-worldwide-surges-in-china\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"green-trucking-sector-loses-traction-worldwide-surges-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/04\/09\/green-trucking-sector-loses-traction-worldwide-surges-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Green trucking sector loses traction worldwide, surges in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>European, American green trucking firms suffer streak of failures:<\/strong> Four hydrogen trucking startups have gone bust in the past six months, as tepid demand, high hydrogen prices, and lackluster infrastructure continued to hold sway, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-04-01\/hydrogen-trucking-companies-are-going-under?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported last week. US-based Nikola and Hyzon Motors and EU-based Hyvia and Quantron are among the shuttered firms, in addition to electric truck and bus makers Arrival and Proterra. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>China is the exception: <\/strong>Green trucking has managed to progress in China, with 75k electric units sold in the medium and heavy truck sector last year, as well as roughly 4k fuel cell-powered trucks. 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