trans.info — 2026-06-10
Land transportation
The roadmaps, published under the European Commission’s Clean Transport Corridor Initiative, cover two major TEN-T routes: the Scandinavian–Mediterranean corridor and the North Sea–Baltic corridor.
The initiative is intended to identify where charging infrastructure, grid connections and investment are most urgently needed so that electric trucks can operate reliably across borders by the end of the decade.
According to the Commission, the first two roadmaps have been endorsed by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland and Sweden. The approach is expected to be extended to all TEN-T corridors later this year.
Missing chargers on major freight routes
The roadmaps are not binding, but they name sections of the network where heavy-duty vehicle charging may be insufficient or missing.
On the North Sea–Baltic corridor, the Commission points to several at-risk sections, including the E40 in Belgium, the E30 in Poland between the German border and Warsaw, the E67 north-east of Warsaw, the E372 from Warsaw towards Lublin and Ukraine, parts of the E67 in the Baltic states, and sections of the E75 in Finland.
On the Scandinavian–Mediterranean corridor, the roadmap highlights sections of the E4 in Sweden, the E35 south of Florence in Italy, and parts of the E45 in Italy.
The Commission’s corridor map shows 164 truck charging pools already in operation on the two pilot corridors, with 260 more planned. It also lists 34 CEF co-funded sites already operating and 248 planned CEF co-funded sites, based on data from Member States and CINEA as of April 2026.
Grid and permits remain part of the problem
The roadmaps make clear that the challenge is not only the number of chargers. Grid access, permitting, suitable sites, financing and reliable data on charger availability are also identified as barriers to scaling electric truck operations on international routes.
By the end of 2025, the EU had more than 2,000 truck-suitable publicly accessible recharging points, according to the Commission. Around three quarters were dedicated to trucks in mixed-use areas, while around a quarter were exclusively for trucks.
EU funding is also being channelled into the rollout. Under the second phase of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility, the first two cut-offs provided €364.2 million for 4,066 truck recharging points, including 1,308 Megawatt Charging System installations. Since AFIF began in 2021, the Commission says €438.9 million has been provided for 5,729 heavy-duty vehicle recharging points.