Trucks and buses

🚚 Trucks and buses

Trucks and buses are few compared with cars, but they cover far more kilometres and burn mostly diesel: heavy transport is a large part of road transport emissions. This page shows how many are sold, with what engine, and how old the ones on the road are.

Zero-emission share of new vehicles

City buses are electrifying first because they run short routes and return to the depot every night, where they charge; European subsidies and cities' low-emission zones also help. Long-haul trucks are still almost all diesel: batteries are heavy and the charging network for heavy vehicles is only just starting. The latest year is incomplete.

New buses by engine type

New trucks by engine type

Truck sales follow the economic cycle: they fall in crises (2020) and recover with activity. Includes trucks of all weights and tractor units; vans are counted separately.

Best-selling makes and groups

The ten groups with the most registrations over the last 12 months. For vehicles finished by a bodybuilder (most buses and many trucks) the chassis make is counted: a bus with an Irizar or Castrosua body on a Scania chassis counts as a Scania.

Group by majority owner: Scania and MAN belong to the Volkswagen group (Traton); Volvo and Renault Trucks to AB Volvo (separate from Volvo Cars, which is owned by Geely); Mercedes-Benz, Setra and Fuso to Daimler Truck. The full ranking, by month and engine type, is in Best-selling makes and models.

Age of those on the road

DGT register of active vehicles, latest month published. More detail, by province and municipality, in Vehicle fleet.

Sources and notes

• DGT – Vehicle registration microdata (MATRABA), monthly since January 2015. Only ordinary registrations of new vehicles.
• DGT – Vehicle fleet, latest month published.
• Trucks: the DGT's truck and tractor-unit types, of any weight. Buses: buses and coaches, including articulated and double-decker ones. Zero emissions: battery electric (BEV) and hydrogen fuel cell.

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