How to Be a Good Forerunner in Carbon Neutral Trucking

EU countries want to decarbonize their road freight transport quickly. Long-haul electric trucks are a promising technology. There several competing designs but at present the trade-off is between e-trucks with very large batteries and smaller battery combined motorways electrified via catenary lines. In latter case combination of public investment (catenary lines on major motorways) private (electric trucks) required. As long-haul truck partly international this raises problems coordination among countries. We study possible pricing strategy one forerunner country that faces lagging neighbors. The can make use mandatory its own territory by using high charges for diesel trucks. If it has opted system, still choice how will price motorways. International trucks, when crossing border country, have choose paying transferring load into an e-truck. outcome game exploring non-cooperative varying relative size in traffic cost highways.