Europe must capture the investment, jobs and industrial value that electrifying road freight can deliver.
Europe’s heavy-duty transport transition comes at a pivotal moment. Amid global competition, fossil fuel dependence and geopolitical uncertainty, electrification offers an opportunity to strengthen energy security, industrial resilience and competitiveness while decarbonising transport.
The question is no longer whether heavy-duty transport will electrify, but who will capture the investment, jobs and industrial value it creates. With key reviews of the EU’s heavy-duty vehicle CO₂ standards and Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) approaching, the window to get this right is now.
The event will launch E-Mobility Europe’s new report, Quantifying the Competitive Edge, followed by an executive panel with industry and policymakers reacting to its findings. A second discussion will bring together freight forwarders, shippers and local logistics operators to examine where electrification is already succeeding on the ground and what is needed to accelerate its deployment.
Moderated by David Rose.
Agenda and speakers:
12:30-13:30 Welcome lunch & coffee
13:30-13:40 Introductory remarks by David Rose (Master of Ceremony) & Chris Heron (E-Mobility Europe Secretary General)
13:40-13:55 Presentation of report by Gabrielle Clark (E-Mobility Europe Public Affairs Manager) & Lorenzo Casullo (WSP Director of Policy & Strategy)
13:55-14:45 High-level executive panel reaction
- Anja van Niersen (CEO of Milence & E-Mobility Europe President)
- Anna Carmo e Silva (Executive Vice President & Head of Strategy and Communications at Scania)
- Daniel Mes (Deputy Head of the EU Competitiveness Task Force)
- Louis-Pierre Geffray (Director of Transport for the French Prime Minister’s Office)
14:45-15:15 Electrifying Freight in Practice: From shippers to local logistics operators
- Otto Gussenhoven (Head of Commercial – Green Business & eMobility at Sennder)
- Benny Smets (Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ninatrans )
15:15-15:30 Closing remarks
