Light goods vehicle
A van or small truck for goods with a maximum mass of up to 3.5 tonnes, category N1 in EU vehicle approval.
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What changes when a fleet goes electric?How far vans have gone electric, and what changes for a company when energy comes from a plug instead of a pump.About 1.3 million new vans and other light goods vehicles were registered in the EU in 2025. Almost one in ten was electric, up from about one in sixteen the year before.
- Eurostat: New lorries, by type of motor energy (road_eqr_lormot): goods road motor vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes, EU27, 2024 and 2025, updated 6 October 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_lormot/default/table. Checked 09 Oct 2026. Reused under the Eurostat copyright notice; shares and ratios calculated by emobility.education, Eurostat is not responsible for them.