← News archive News · 2026-08 SANY’s ‘big splash’: what to expect from the Chinese challenger at IAA 2026 SANY has promised its biggest European show yet for Hanover — new models including rigids, 2027 previews, and (the industry hopes) a European price. What the e263’s first year in Germany sets up for September. 2026-08 […]

← All analysis & guides Explainer CO₂-graded truck tolls, mapped: who charges what, where, and what it’s worth per kilometre Germany's exemption to 2031, Benelux €0.038 vs €0.204, Austria's GO-Maut classes, Denmark's distance toll, Switzerland's LSVA — and the countries where the lever doesn't exist. The complete European toll map for TCO planning. 2026-08-08 · […]

← All analysis & guides Country guide · Nordics Sweden & Denmark fleet guide: two Nordic paths — one with a toll lever, one without (yet) Denmark’s distance-based CO₂-differentiated truck toll creates real per-kilometre economics; Sweden formally differentiates but, without a kilometre-based system, the benefit stays negligible. The two-market Nordic reality for fleets. 2026-08-08 · […]

← News archive News · 2026 DFDS puts electric trucks on Benelux routes — the ferry-and-logistics group charges at Milence’s Antwerp hub DFDS — the Danish ferry and logistics group — is operating electric trucks on Benelux routes, photographed charging at Milence’s Ketenis hub: cross-border operators now using public truck charging in routine service. 2026 […]

← News archive News · 2026 FAW Jiefang: NEV sales growth above 200% — China’s oldest truck maker accelerates its electric pivot FAW Jiefang’s new-energy truck sales grew by more than 200% year-on-year through 2026, per company and industry reporting — the state group’s slow-start NEV programme now compounding from a small base into volume. […]

← News archive News · 2026 McKinsey’s infrastructure bill: Europe needs €7bn of truck charging by 2030 — and €40bn by 2040 The consultancy’s infrastructure estimates put hard numbers on the build-out: €7 billion this decade and €40 billion by 2040 for truck charging alone — with ~€294,000 the current implied cost per charging point. […]

← All case studies · Charging vs Swap framework Case study · China · Battery swap Case: the 1,250 km Hurong trunk — China’s longest swap corridor, built in 180 days Chengdu to Wuhan in under 18 hours with five-minute swaps, 12 bidirectional stations, a 1,000-truck Sinotruk–Bashu Logistics deal signed at the opening ceremony. The […]

← All analysis & guides Methodology How to weigh an electric truck: the WattTonne TCO methodology, line by line Purchase, energy, tolls, maintenance, residual value, financing, infrastructure: the seven lines of an honest truck TCO model, the defaults we use for BE/NL/DE/FR, and the mistakes that make most fleet business cases lie. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne […]

← News archive News · 2025 Milence’s Antwerp Ketenis hub — the 20-bay site that anchored Belgium’s charging map Background record: the Ketenis hub at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges — 20 bays, CCS 400 kW, all brands, MCS now live with 2.8 MW combined capacity — is Belgium’s largest public truck-charging installation and the template […]

← All case studies · Charging vs Swap framework Case study · China · Battery swap Case: the Greater Bay Area — 116 stations, port clusters, and the expressway build now under way Guangzhou–Shenzhen’s megacity region combines the Yantian port showcase, 116 commercial swap stations, and highway network construction now targeting the GBA expressways: southern […]

← All analysis & guides Explainer Depot charging and the grid: the two-year queue that decides your electrification date Trucks can be delivered in months; multi-megawatt grid connections take years in congested zones. How to sequence grid applications, size a depot charging build, and why energy strategy comes before vehicle selection. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne review […]

← All analysis & guides Ecosystem profile CATL Qiji profile: the battery giant building the swap standard — whether truck makers like it or not 1,325 swap stations built in one year, 900 Qiji stations targeted by end-2026, a 50:50 UK venture with Octopus — CATL is doing to truck energy what it did to […]

← News archive News · 2026 France’s ZFE zones tighten through 2026 — the quiet force electrifying French urban trucking France’s low-emission zones expand restrictions through 2026 across Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other metros — converting urban and regional distribution contracts into de-facto electric mandates, compensating for the national CO₂-toll France doesn’t have. 2026 · […]

← News archive News · 2025 Windrose’s Antwerp collapse — the event that reset European electric trucking’s trust baseline Background record (2025–26): unpaid wages, roughly 20 deliveries against ~200 claimed orders, and the collapse of the startup’s Antwerp operation — the failure every European fleet now cites when a new entrant presents. 2025 · WattTonne […]

← All case studies · Charging vs Swap framework Case study · China · Battery swap Case: Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei — the 121-station cluster and regional network economics With 121 commercial-vehicle swap stations in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster alone, northern China’s megacity region shows what swap infrastructure looks like once it crosses from corridors to networks. 2026-08-08 · […]

← All analysis & guides Explainer Battery warranties decoded: SoH floors, exclusions, and why ‘8 years’ can mean very different things Every electric truck quote mentions a battery warranty; almost none of them say what it pays. State-of-health floors, throughput limits, transferability and the claim process — the four things that decide what a warranty […]

← All analysis & guides Manufacturer profile MAN profile: the eTGX, modular batteries, and Traton’s charging alliance as the trump card MAN's eTGX lets fleets right-size the battery pack by pack — and sits inside the Traton group's Milence charging alliance. The pragmatic incumbent's electric playbook, assessed. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne review desk MAN’s approach to […]

← News archive News · 2026 Dongfeng launches the G-Series — a high-end heavy-truck brand with electric variants 2026: China’s Dongfeng unveils its G-Series premium heavy-truck line at its annual summit, including battery-electric variants — the last of China’s big four truck groups to field a dedicated upmarket NEV line. 2026 · WattTonne news desk […]

← News archive News · 2026 Germany approves €1.6 billion for motorway truck charging: 725 CCS + 685 MCS points at 124 rest areas 2026: the first national rollout phase funds charging at 124 unserviced motorway rest areas — 725 CCS and 685 megawatt points — closing the long-haul gap on the Autobahn network with […]

← News archive News · 2026 JAC’s NEV truck programme scales through 2026 — light-to-heavy coverage from China’s export veteran JAC Motors — one of China’s most experienced commercial-vehicle exporters — expanded its new-energy truck range through 2026, from light electric trucks (its traditional strength abroad) up to heavy tractor platforms with swap and charging […]

← News archive News · 2026 Milence’s MILES project: 284 MCS points at 71 locations across 10 EU states by 2027 The alliance’s EU-co-funded MILES programme is the largest single MCS deployment plan in Europe — Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, completed by 2027. 2026 · WattTonne news desk […]

← All analysis & guides Explainer WVTA explained: what European type approval actually certifies — and why it gates every Chinese launch Whole Vehicle Type Approval is the legal gate between a Chinese electric truck and a European registration plate. What the process tests, how long it takes, who has cleared it — and how […]

← All analysis & guides Manufacturer profile DAF profile: the Benelux champion electrifying on home turf DAF's XD/XF Electric pairs 525 kWh with up to ~500 km claimed range — and plays its strongest hand where the tolls bite hardest: the Benelux home market where its dealer density is unmatched. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne review desk […]

← News archive News · 2026 Dongfeng’s international push: new G-Series plus overseas expansion in the group’s 2026 plan Dongfeng pairs its new premium G-Series launch with an expanded international strategy for 2026 — the last of China’s big four to systematise its export and NEV programmes under one brand architecture. 2026 · WattTonne news […]