New trucks presumably allowed from 2022

On the new ‘pointier’ shape of the trucks, the Council of Transport Ministers and MEPs largely agreed. But on the introduction date they disagreed. Under pressure from the environmental lobby, the EP wanted a quick introduction. Ideally, they would be allowed as early as 2017, as the Commission’s original plan envisaged. Under pressure from the manufacturers – and apparently more specifically from Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks – it proposed pushing back the introduction date to 2025. After all, a truck cab has a life cycle of about 15 years and thus a long depreciation period. Newly introduced cabs would have too much of a competitive disadvantage, was the reasoning.