The many advantages of the technology, especially for climate protection, are undisputed. “The green discussion about the finite nature of our resources is so omnipresent that, as a technician, you naturally keep asking yourself how things can continue,” says Rhein. Electromobility is a core methodology here, he said. “The other drive alternatives, such as the fuel cell or hydrogen, all ultimately lead to an electric drive on the axle.” Nevertheless, there is still a long way to go to achieve zero-emission heavy trucks – the car industry’s production facilities are still fully geared to the internal combustion engine and capacities for the new technologies have only been expanded to a limited extent. Bernd Rhein believes that synthetic fuels or LNG, among other things, could form the bridge here. “But if you look at the long term, there is a very, very strong case for electric drives. And it can be said that now is the time for it.”