Decarbonizing Heavy-Duty Road Transport: A Patent Landscape Overview

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WIPO and IRENA's Patent Landscape Report: Decarbonising Heavy-Duty Road Transport finds that while 94% of trucks and buses still run on fossil fuels, decarbonisation patents in the sector have nearly tripled since 2000. Battery electrification and hydrogen are emerging as the leading pathways to clean, zero-emission heavy-duty transport.

To read the full report, click here: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/May/Patent-Landscape-Report-Decarbonizing-Heavy-Duty-Road-Transport