The aging of the commercial vehicle fleet in Spain has become a structural barrier to the competitiveness, energy efficiency, and sustainability of professional transport. With an average truck age exceeding 15 years and no renewal plans in place since the end of the Moves MITMA program, Faconauto is launching a clear proposal: to activate a National Fleet Renewal Plan gifted with 300 millones de euros and direct aid of up to €25.000 per vehicle.
An energy transition that does not reach professional transport
Road transport, essential to the country's economic and logistical functioning, has been relegated to the background in the political debate on decarbonization. While private vehicles dominate the public spotlight, thousands of SMEs and self-employed transporters They operate with obsolete vehicles without real incentives to modernize them.
Faconauto warns that The decarbonization demanded by Europe requires a national roadmap, with concrete measures, financing, and legal certainty. Marta Blázquez, president of the employers' association, has called for an ambitious strategy to prevent professional transport from becoming "out of focus," while Pilar Fernández, president of the Industrial Division, has insisted on the need to provide the sector with regulatory confidence and regulatory predictability.
Scrapping, Euro 6 and electrification: key points of the proposed plan
The proposal includes three axes:
- Grants of up to €25.000 for carriers who retire old trucks and replace them with models with technology Euro 6, whether new or no more than 12 months old.
- An minimum allocation of 300 million euros, with a simplified and agile management design to facilitate access for SMEs in the sector.
- An additional allocation of 250 million euros to encourage the incorporation of zero-emission industrial vehicles, expanding the viable technological options for heavy transport.
From Faconauto they emphasize that this renewal must be technologically neutral, ranging from electrification to other low-emission technologies such as gas and biofuels. "Total cost of ownership (TCO) remains the main barrier. Aid should focus on making new models competitive with older ones," the employers' association points out.
Taxation and institutional coordination as levers of change
The strategy proposed by Faconauto is also based on the creation of a stable working table with the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, as well as a greater interministerial coordination with the Treasury, Industry, Ecological Transition, and Labor. Among its fiscal measures are:
- An 15% deduction on Corporate Tax for companies investing in low-emission vehicles or charging infrastructure.
- Incentives aimed at faster amortization of investments in clean fleets.
These measures seek to provide legal security, certainty in deadlines and financial confidence to the sector's investment decisions.
The European calendar is tightening: new demands on the horizon
National inaction contrasts with the regulatory speed of Brussels. In the coming years, heavy transport will have to adapt to measures such as ETS2 system (emissions trading system), Fit for 55 package, the obligation to install ADAS systems and smart tachographs, the creation of charging points (AFIR regulation) or the application of the Mobility Package.
Faconauto warns that the deployment of these regulations, if not accompanied by realistic aid mechanisms and deadlines, could negatively affect the profitability of professional transport and, by extension, the entire logistics chain.
The time to act is now. Truck fleet renewal cannot wait any longer if Spain wants to meet climate goals, maintain its logistics competitiveness, and guarantee a safer, more modern, and efficient transportation model.
