Brussels / Beijing, 7 Jul 2025 – The global market for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks rocketed past 90 000 units in 2024, an 80 % year-on-year jump, according to the IEA’s new Global EV Outlook 2025. More than four-fifths of those sales came from China, where domestic OEMs doubled volumes in a single year; Europe’s tally almost tripled to top 10 000 units. (iea.org, iea.org)
Momentum looks set to accelerate. The EU’s tougher CO₂-cut targets for trucks and buses – -45 % by 2030, -65 % by 2035, -90 % by 2040 – took effect in May 2024, effectively making zero-emission drivelines the default for new urban buses by 2035 and pushing long-haul fleets toward battery- and fuel-cell options. (consilium.europa.eu) From July 2025 national authorities will also run on-road CO₂ verification tests on random heavy-duty vehicles, raising the compliance bar and closing loopholes. (climate.ec.europa.eu) Under the IEA’s stated-policies scenario, electric trucks could reach 13 % of global new-sales share by 2030. (iea.org)
- NEV HOWO & other Chinese platforms are hot: Buyers in the Middle East and Latin America cite total-cost-of-ownership parity at diesel prices above ~US $1.20 /L – stock battery-swap or lease-to-own packages to ease capex pain.
- Bundle charging + telematics: EU hauliers face CO₂ audits; pairing trucks with depot CCS-2 megawatt chargers and real-time emissions dashboards helps fleets hit ESG targets.
- Promote verified range data: From July onward, EU buyers will lean on in-service CO₂ test results; list independent range figures prominently on product pages.
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