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Who owns which truck and bus brand: the groups behind the badges
Scania and MAN belong to TRATON, DAF to PACCAR, Renault Trucks and Mack to the Volvo Group, Fuso and Hino to ARCHION, Iveco to Tata Motors. The owners, as the companies' documents state them.
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Low-emission zones for trucks and buses in Europe: the national rules
How Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium frame low- and zero-emission zones for trucks and buses: criteria, stickers, foreign registration and fines.
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Winter tyres and snow chains for trucks and buses in Europe: the rules country by country
When heavy trucks and buses need winter tyres or chains in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye and Russia, on which axles, and whether M+S or 3PMSF counts.
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EES and ETIAS: what changes for truck drivers, coach drivers and coach operators
The EES has registered non-EU drivers at Schengen external borders since 12 October 2025; ETIAS has no start date yet. What each requires of truck and coach drivers and coach operators.
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Truck tolls in Europe and the Eurovignette: who pays where
Where heavy trucks still buy a Eurovignette and where they pay by the kilometre: who pays, on which roads and how, in twelve countries, and the EU dates ahead.
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Euro VI (Euro 6) and Euro 7 for trucks: steps and dates
Euro 6e on a spec sheet means Euro VI step E. Why trucks use Roman numerals, what steps A to E changed and what Euro 7 tightens: NOx, durability, brakes.
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The carbon footprint of road freight: ISO 14083 and Regulation (EU) 2026/1030
How EU law now defines the greenhouse gas figure of a transport service: EN ISO 14083:2023 as the method, primary and secondary data, CO2e per tonne-kilometre, and the 2030 start.
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How many pallets fit in a trailer: Euro pallets, 48 x 40s and the arithmetic
Euro pallets on a European semi-trailer with a 13,620 mm floor and 48 x 40 inch pallets in a 53-foot US dry van: the footprints, the makers' load-space figures, what fits.
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CO₂ target for 2040
Average CO₂ of a maker’s new heavy trucks, against its 2019 baseline. An interim −45% applies from 2030.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1610, EUR-Lex · checked 2026-09-04
Read4.2%
Electric, of new trucks
Share of EU registrations above 3.5 t in 2025, up from 2.3% the year before. This is the distance to the target above.
ACEA, new commercial vehicle registrations 2025 · checked 2026-09-04
Read14 yrs
Average age, EU truck fleet
Trucks are the oldest fleet on European roads — 6.2 million of them. Most vehicles bought this decade will be second-hand.
ACEA, Vehicles on European roads 2026 · checked 2026-09-04
Read29 May 2029
Euro 7 becomes mandatory
No new truck, bus or heavy trailer may be registered or sold without it, except buses the Regulation ties to a 100% zero-emission target from 2030, allowed as Euro VI until 31 December 2029; for small-volume makers’ trucks and buses the date is 1 July 2031. New type approvals close a year earlier, on 29 May 2028.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1257, EUR-Lex · checked 2026-09-28
Read60 km
Between charging pools by 2030
Maximum spacing in each direction on the TEN-T core road network, each pool offering at least 3 600 kW.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), EUR-Lex · checked 2026-09-04
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Driver positions unfilled
Across 18 European markets, a 13% shortfall. Around 4% of Europe’s truck drivers are women.
IRU driver shortage report 2025 · checked 2026-09-04
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