What does AFIR require for truck charging?

Pools for heavy vehicles along the TEN-T network: 1,400 kW along 15% by 2025, 2,800 kW on the core network along 50% by 2027, and 3,600 kW every 60 km by 2030, plus parking areas and urban nodes.

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Truck charging · Stop 05What does a truck charging site need?Room to manoeuvre, drive-through bays, megawatts of power and data that say which vehicles fit: what a site for heavy trucks needs, and what AFIR sets out.

AFIR asks Member States for publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to heavy vehicles, in each direction of travel. By the end of 2030, they must stand at most 60 km apart on the TEN-T core network, with at least 3,600 kW each, and at most 100 km apart on the comprehensive network, with at least 1,500 kW each. Unlike car chargers, these pools are counted only if they are dedicated to heavy vehicles.

From “Pools along the corridors”, stop 05

Terms

  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.
  1. How fast can an electric truck charge?The Megawatt Charging System allows up to 1,250 V and 3,000 A; trucks in series production charge at up to about 1,000 kW, from 20% to 80% in about 30 minutes.
  2. Can trucks charge during the driver's break?Yes. After 4.5 hours of driving, the driver must take at least 45 minutes of break; planned at a megawatt charger, it becomes the charging stop.
  1. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 (AFIR), Articles 4 and 5(1). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.