Why Electric Trucks matter MORE than Electric Cars!

Whatever happened to the Tesla Semi? And does its slow rollout mean electric trucks aren’t viable? According to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2025, the answer may be very different from what you might think. Because while much of the Western conversation is focused on delays and limited deployments, China is already electrifying heavy freight at scale, with electric trucks reaching 50% of new sales and beginning to challenge assumptions about diesel dominance. So, what could it all mean for the future of oil demand and the energy transition? Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Get your tickets for the Everything Electric NORTH show here https://tickets.lupevents.co.uk/everything-electric-north?cat=CAT-REGISTRATION Reference Links IEA Global EV Outlook 2025 https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/7ea38b60-3033-42a6-9589-71134f4229f4/GlobalEVOutlook2025.pdf Everything Electric podcast with Windrose CEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxg-c7uEeis Additional reading on electrified freight :- Reuters - Soaring electric truck sales deal new blow to diesel use in China https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/soaring-electric-truck-sales-deal-new-blow-diesel-use-china-2025-07-11 Smart Freight Centre China https://smart-freight-centre-media.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2024_ZEFI_Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou.pdf Green Energy and Intelligent Transport - Yu et al https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/781840/1-s2.0-S2773153725X00086/1-s2.0-S2773153725000453/main.pdf Electrifying on-road freight - ICCT https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ID-455-%E2%80%93-Yangtze-freight_working-paper_final.pdf Interesting Engineering article https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-electric-trucks-cut-emissions Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ