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More and more electric lorries: Switzerland is the European leader <\/p>\n
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One in four new lorries registered in Switzerland is now fitted with electric transmission. This makes the Alpine state a European leader in electrified road haulage, reports L\u2019Agefi.\n<\/p>\n
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According to figures for the first half of 2026, zero or low-emission vehicles account for 25% of new registrations, overtaking pioneering nations in Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Austria.<\/p>\n
Although electric lorries still account for less than 4% of the total fleet of around 50,000 vehicles on the road, growth has been steady and continuous since 2022.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Read more: Cars in Switzerland: lower emissions, but plug-in hybrids pollute more than expected The main driver is the exemption from the performance-based heavy goods vehicle tax (TTPCP), according to the L\u2019Agefi newspaper. This is a levy calculated on the basis of kilometres travelled, weight and the vehicle\u2019s emissions category. <\/p>\n The exemption translates into huge savings for hauliers. Volvo calculates that one of its e-trucks can save over CHF550,000 by 2035, assuming 100,000 kilometres per year.<\/p>\n Tax breaks<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Geneva-based International Road Transport Union (IRU), which represents the interests of hauliers, the TTPCP is one of the highest kilometre-based charges in Europe.<\/p>\n But Switzerland has managed to implement a system that allows for a transition over a sufficiently long period, enabling companies to plan their fleet renewal with confidence. <\/p>\n In comments made to the Geneva-based newspaper, the IRU also pointed to decades of policies aimed at shifting transalpine traffic from road to rail Some 66% of journeys take place within the country\u2019s borders \u2013 an ideal scenario for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n \u201cWith over 1,300 vehicles, we are in a position to play a leading and pioneering role for the entire sector,\u201d Peter Ballmer, an executive at the Lucerne-based Galliker Transport, told L\u2019Agefi. The company has already put 109 electric lorries on the road by 2025 and plans to reach a total of 214 alternative-fuel vehicles by 2027, with the stated aim of electrifying 650 lorries over the next ten years. <\/p>\n This would correspond to a reduction of 48,000 tonnes of CO\u2082 per year. The company will invest over CHF120 million between 2026 and 2030 on charging infrastructure alone.<\/p>\n Canton Aargau-based Schoeni Transport has also begun the transition, using 15 electric lorries out of the 250 vehicles deployed in domestic transport, powered by a charging network supplied by solar panels. <\/p>\n But one operator points out that an electric lorry costs significantly more to buy, with a price ranging between CHF280,000 and CHF320,000. This is almost double the cost of a diesel truck, while installing charging points costs an extra CHF60,000-CHF80,000.<\/p>\n \n More<\/p>\n More <\/p>\n Climate adaptation\n <\/p>\n Traffic in Switzerland increases as costs rise <\/p>\n This content was published on <\/p>\n Jul 17, 2026 <\/p>\n Transport in Switzerland generated costs of around CHF117 billion in 2023. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more: Traffic in Switzerland increases as costs rise + How we produce English news<\/a> Articles in this story <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More and more electric lorries: Switzerland is the European leader Keystone-SDA One in four new lorries registered in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,453,100,103,17,2726],"class_list":["post-115460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-article","tag-beat-climate-solutions","tag-latest-news","tag-production-type-deepl-autotranslation","tag-switzerland","tag-transport"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117093842886076749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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