As someone who has worked on and received ARENA funding in a previous life, the ARENA agency provides great value in enabling the uptake of energy efficiency and renewables for Australia.
The process of gaining funding is quite involved and getting selected is quite challenging. The reporting on progress and lessons learned from the project must all be made public.
In this case with EV trucks doing deliveries around metro Sydney, with battery and solar charging I imagine lots of companies including smaller delivery companies and individual contractors will be watching to operation of these vehicles with interests - seeing the pros and cons of the cleaner technology may speed up broader take up - exactly what the purpose of ARENA is
