Page contents Page contents Description A well-functioning transport sector contributes 5% to our GDP and is crucial for the competitiveness of the EU economy. Whereas European truck-makers have a competitive edge in producing electric trucks, the infrastructure for their deployment across the transport corridors must be scaled up to give confidence to transport operators that electric trucks can be charged enroute. Another hurdle has been delayed access to the electricity grid, holding back Europe’s potential to trigger investment in this key sector.A CCT Pilot was launched in March 2025 to fast-track at least 400 truck charging locations with over 2,900 charging points along two heavily used corridors on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), namely the North Sea-Baltic (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland) and Scandinavian-Mediterranean (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy and Malta). © AdobeStock The project will improve coordination and deployment of financial support and enabling policy measures. Six months after its launch, in a Ministerial Declaration, 9 Member States together with the EU Transport Commissioner agreed to deploy in an accelerated manner these charging locations. The CCT will assist in mobilising investment - from European Investment Bank instruments to EU funding, and national and regional funding. In June 2025, a European financing call under the Connecting Europe Facility already delivered financing for 20% of the required sites and 15% of the required aggregate power output. Beyond investments, the CCT approach requires a commitment from Member States to implement enabling reforms to accelerate access to the electricity grid. The Commission facilitated this in autumn 2025 with EU guidance with concrete options. The Ministerial Declaration will be followed up in the first half of 2026 with detailed roadmaps and specific actions and deadlines for timely delivery. The Commission intends to scale the Clean Transport Corridors to all major freight corridors, expanding the charging points to be deployed by 2030. Keys facts and figures 400 Truck charging sites financed2900 Charging points deployed9 Member States34% Of the TEN-T core road network electrified Estimated preliminary timeline 16 September 2025Signature of the Ministerial DeclarationSeptember 2025-January 2026First disbursements for 54 charging stationsJune 2026Tailored work plan for the two Corridors and delicated financial instrument assissted via Invest EU2030Additional 400 electric trucks charging stations Related links Delivering on the EU’s CompetitivenessThe Competitiveness Coordination Tool aims to develop cross-border investment projects with an EU added value.
A well-functioning transport sector contributes 5% to our GDP and is crucial for the competitiveness of the EU economy. Whereas European truck-makers have a competitive edge in producing electric trucks, the infrastructure for their deployment across the transport corridors must be scaled up to give confidence to transport operators that electric trucks can be charged enroute. Another hurdle has been delayed access to the electricity grid, holding back Europe’s potential to trigger investment in this key sector.A CCT Pilot was launched in March 2025 to fast-track at least 400 truck charging locations with over 2,900 charging points along two heavily used corridors on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), namely the North Sea-Baltic (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland) and Scandinavian-Mediterranean (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy and Malta). © AdobeStock
Delivering on the EU’s CompetitivenessThe Competitiveness Coordination Tool aims to develop cross-border investment projects with an EU added value.
