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Will the fuel crisis spark a switch to electric trucks?
15 minutes Posted Mar 29, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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With the Iran war sending the price of fuel skyrocketing, the trucking industry is amongst the hardest hit and the costs will be passed on to consumers.
So, are the latest electric trucks up to the job of moving goods around such a large country and can the challenges around cost, infrastructure and range be overcome?
Today, Scott Dwyer from the Institute of Sustainable Futures at UTS on the advances in technology that could help us avoid the worst impacts of the next fuel crisis.
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Scott Dwyer, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney