Heavy-Duty Sustainable Transport Symposium

The Heavy-Duty Sustainable Transport Symposium, hosted by SAE International, is a peer-reviewed technical forum bringing together engineers, corporate leaders, researchers, and technology developers to advance decarbonization strategies for heavy-duty transportation including commercial trucking, transit buses, refuse collection, and industrial vehicles. As a neutral, technology-driven platform, the symposium examines pathways for reducing lifecycle emissions through electrification, hydrogen fuel cells, renewable fuels, and advanced engine efficiency. Core themes encompass battery electric vehicle technology and charging infrastructure, hydrogen fuel cell systems for long-haul vehicles, renewable and low-carbon fuels, powertrain electrification and hybrid architectures, energy storage and grid integration for fleet charging, and policy frameworks incentivizing decarbonization. Sessions feature technical research presentations, case studies from early-adopter fleets, panel discussions on commercialization timelines, and exhibits of prototype and production-ready zero-emission technologies. The symposium guides heavy-duty transport's essential transition to sustainable mobility.