Smart Freight Centre, PSNM, and PragmaCharge-led coalition to build multiple charging hubs in Poland in 2026
In June 2025 Smart Freight Centre (SFC), PragmaCharge, and the Polish Association for New Mobility (PSNM) launched the Poland-Germany Zero Emission Road Freight Corridor Consortium to facilitate the roll out of heavy-duty electric trucks along Poland’s busiest trucking corridors, including routes into Germany.
Since its inception, the consortium, comprising both shippers and carriers, has grown in strength to 16 members, including: DFDS, DHL, Kuehne + Nagel, Kimberly-Clark, Tchibo, and Unilever.
Decarbonizing road freight at scale requires collaboration across the entire value chain - from shippers and carriers to infrastructure providers and policymakers. The Poland Zero-Emission Road Freight Corridor Consortium shows what’s possible when companies work together, share data, and align demand with infrastructure deployment. By coordinating volumes and reducing risk for carriers, this collaborative model turns climate ambition into commercially viable, real-world solutions for zero-emission trucking
Christoph Wolff
CEO, Smart Freight Centre
From its members, the consortium has collected and analyzed historic road freight data representing over half a million annual shipments. Using PragmaCharge’s AI powered data and analytics platform, the consortium leadership has been able to provide valuable insights into the most promising electrifiable routes in Poland and identify routes and use cases that are already at, or approaching, TCO parity with ICE trucks.
Drawing on the data from consortium members, SFC and PragmaCharge have identified routes on and around the A2 and A4 motorways as priority freight electrification corridors in Poland. To support efficient heavy-duty truck electrification along these routes, PragmaCharge is building strategically located, high-capacity charging hubs, spanning both corridors. The first five sites are located in Warsaw, Poznań, Katowice, Wrocław and Piotrków Trybunalski, with more locations in Poland on the roadmap. The charging stations will break ground shortly and be operational in late 2026 and first half of 2027.
Zero-emission trucking at scale is possible when charging infrastructure, vehicles, and freight demand are developed together. Through close collaboration with Smart Freight Centre, PSNM, carriers, shippers, and real-estate partners, PragmaCharge is enabling shippers and carriers to deploy electric trucks by combining high-capacity charging hubs with our comprehensive electric-Trucking-as-a-Service and Charging-as-a-Service models that can compete with, and outperform, diesel on a total cost of ownership basis
Nikhil Amin
Chief Operating Officer, PragmaCharge
In the coming months, the consortium is taking further steps to reduce the TCO of e-trucks. Building on collaborative efforts, SFC and PragmaCharge are bringing consortium shippers and carriers together to jointly apply for electric truck subsidies.
To further reduce the total cost of ownership, the consortium is optimizing electric truck utilization through coordinated lane matching across participating shippers and logistics providers. By conducting this process jointly, LSPs are able to combine and match freight flows across multiple consortium shippers and integrate these volumes with their existing customer base, increasing annual mileage, reducing empty running, and significantly improving overall asset efficiency. These opportunities are now being converted into real business cases that carriers can bid for using PragmaCharge’s electric Trucking-as-a-Service, equal to or lower than Total Cost of Ownership of diesel trucks.
The consortium model removes many of the barriers that have historically slowed freight electrification. By working collectively across shippers and logistics providers, we can align volumes, increase annual mileage, and reduce empty running, giving carriers the confidence to invest in electric trucks. This collaborative approach simplifies deployment, improves total cost of ownership, and helps turn decarbonization commitments into real, scalable operational change across our logistics network
Carlo Carmenati
Primary, Inbound, Pallets , Ocean & Sustainability Senior Manager EU, Unilever
The consortium is also working closely with its local partner, the Polish New Mobility Association (PSNM), to advocate for supportive policy measures, including a reduction or exemption of road tolls for zero-emission trucks. Together, these actions aim to accelerate near-term deployment while demonstrating a commercially viable business case for electric trucking in Poland.
For a decade PSNM has been actively working to accelerate and foster the electrification of heavy-duty mobility in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. The unique and historic subsidies at EUR 1.5 billion for this sector in Poland are a testament to the work showing effective collaboration between industry, government, and civil society is essential to accelerating the transition to zero-emission road freight. By working closely with initiatives like the Poland Zero-Emission Trucking Consortium, we continue this work, also striving for non-fiscal frameworks such as road toll differentiation and other incentive mechanisms to create conditions for investment, deployment, and scale-up of electric trucks in Poland.
Aleksander Rajch
Executive Board member, PSNM New Mobility Association
| Location | Latitude | Longitude | Size (minimum) | Energy Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poznań | 52,35822 | 16,85017 | 10 bays with 400 kW simultaneous + up to 20 bays 120 kW | 4000 MW |
| Warsaw | 52,19093 | 20,77879 | 10 bays with 400 kW simultaneous + up to 20 bays 120 kW | 4000 MW |
| Piotrków Trybunalski | 51,410485 | 19,62715 | 8 bays with 400 kW simultaneous* | 4000 MW |
| Wrocław | 51,0185 | 16,75446 | 8 bays with 400 kW simultaneous* | 4000 MW |
| Katowice (Chorzow) | 50,258997 | 18,94412 | 6 bays with 400 kW simultaneous* | 4000 MW |
*Subject to site build out, there is potential to include additional bays.
If you are interested in learning more, or becoming involved in the consortium, please reach out to the SFC Project Manager Daniel Vise
