Source page: McKinsey & Company
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Range anxiety on the road to zero emissions
Electric vehicles | Mobility | Sustainability
October 16, 2024 – Major trucking companies are shifting to zero-emission commercial vehicles, but the transition faces a bumpy road. A McKinsey survey of 400 fleet operators in Europe and the United States reveals that range anxiety and reliability are among top concerns related to battery electric vehicles, senior partners Anna Herlt and coauthors note. For hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, operators worry most about safety and the availability of fuel.
To read the article, see “The bumpy road to zero-emission trucks,” September 13, 2024.
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Paired horizontal bar charts.
Layout / body structure
The chart is split into two ranked panels placed side by side. The left panel lists battery electric vehicle concerns and the right panel lists hydrogen fuel cell vehicle concerns, so the page is read left to right and then top to bottom within each ranked list.
What is being compared
It compares fleet operators’ biggest concerns for two zero-emissions truck technologies, showing how the worry profile changes between battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Measurement system
The reader tracks whole-number values printed at the ends of the bars, which act as the scale for each concern. Category labels run along the bars, and ranking is conveyed by bar order from highest concern down to lower concerns.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Each panel is a descending stack of labeled horizontal bars. The repeated two-panel structure makes it easy to compare which concerns sit at the top of each technology list and where the rankings begin to overlap.
Main takeaway from the visual
The left panel concentrates attention on range and charging time for battery electric vehicles, while the right panel shifts the center of concern toward safety and fuel availability for hydrogen vehicles. The comparison shows that the obstacle pattern is not the same across the two technologies.
Key standout values or extremes
For battery electric vehicles, limited driving range is the top concern at 15 and long charging or refueling time is next at 12. For hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, safety and fuel availability both sit at 11, while several other concerns cluster at 8, including high maintenance costs, high up-front purchase cost, reliability, and limited driving range.
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