China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.

In 2020, nearly all new trucks in China ran on diesel. By the first half of 2025, battery-powered trucks accounted for 22% of new heavy truck sales, up from 9.2% in the same period in 2024, according to Commercial Vehicle World, a Beijing-based trucking data provider. The British research firm BMI forecasts electric trucks will reach nearly 46% of new sales this year and 60% next year.

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  • CysioEnglish
    10·
    29 days ago

    you’d then have to do some shenanigans with the car’s battery