The Chinese government plans to build more than 3,000 charging and battery swapping stations for heavy-duty trucks across the country. The main goal of the project is to gradually replace diesel and gasoline-powered trucks with new-generation electric and other environmentally friendly vehicles.
The new stations will be located mainly on the country's busiest freight routes, national highways, provincial roads, large urban agglomerations and industrial centers. These include the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone.
In addition, freight terminals, ports, mines, factories and industrial parks will also be provided with energy infrastructure. The goal is to create a unified and uninterrupted charging network for heavy-duty vehicles across the country.
Chinese officials said that the program for the disposal and renewal of old commercial trucks will also be continued in 2026. To this end, the government will allocate 22 billion yuan in long-term special government bonds. The funds will be mainly used to replace old diesel trucks with energy-efficient and new-generation trucks.
The initiative is part of China's strategy to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector, make logistics more sustainable, and accelerate the use of electric heavy-duty trucks.
