HEC WORKSHOP | Decarbonizing long-haul trucking in Eastern Canada.

The Chair in Energy Sector Management at HEC Montréal and CPCS are carrying out, in collaboration with the Government of Québec a technoeconomic study comparing Class 8 technologies to decarbonize long-haul trucking, with a focus on the Autoroute 20 and Highway 401 corridor between Québec City and Windsor. The workshop aims to explore and validate with experts from industry, government, academic and professional both the larger decarbonization context and the important parameters to consider in the analysis.

The workshop aims to explore and validate with experts from industry, government, academic and professional
both the larger decarbonization context and the important parameters to consider in the analysis. The key
objective is two-fold:
1) validate data and assumptions that will be used in the simulations to compare the techno-economic
potential of identified new-zero technologies for long-haul trucking.
2) highlight the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks associated with the different technologies in
the context of Eastern Canada.
The workshop consists of two parts: 1) a scoping conference on April 25 to lay out the context and state of longhaul trucking in Eastern Canada, followed by 2) round tables held on April 26 and 27 to discuss key issues both
technical specific to the technologies, and more broadly regarding decarbonizing freight from a systemic
perspective (i.e., logistics, intermodally). Participants will be asked to participate at the scoping conference and
only ONE of the four round tables (see description below).