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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

A long haul: electric trucks still face speed bumps

Linfox is among a number of freight companies to trial electric trucks. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Ongoing uncertainty about electric trucks is preventing the transport industry making big cuts to pollution and progress may be tricky without significant changes, an inquiry has been told. 

Questions about where heavier prime-movers can be used remain unresolved, experts say, as well as who will fund the costlier vehicles and how they can be recharged quickly. 

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