Heavy-duty vehicle

A truck or bus above the weight of vans and cars; in AFIR, the vehicles for which dedicated recharging pools are set out along the TEN-T network.

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Truck charging · Stop 01What changes when the vehicle weighs 40 tonnes?Batteries of several hundred kilowatt-hours, energy per kilometre several times a car's, and depots first: what changes when the vehicle is a heavy truck.
  1. AFIRAlternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (EU) 2023/1804: EU rules for public charging, from payment to coverage.
  2. Charging poolAFIR's term for one or more charging stations at a specific location, counted together for the targets along the main roads.
  3. TEN-TThe trans-European transport network, the EU's main roads and corridors, divided into a core and a comprehensive network; AFIR sets charging targets along it.