SOS LOGistica ETS, Association for Sustainable Logistics, has expressed strong concern about the approach of the decree MIT-MEF interministerial meeting that regulates the use of the Mobility Fund 2027-2031 of 590 million euros for the renewal of the road haulage vehicle fleet. The association has noted that, according to industry sources, the planned allocation concentrates most of the resources on Traditional or transitional technologies: 60% on Euro VI Step diesel E, 10% on electricity and hydrogen, 10% on methane/LNG, as well as quotas for trailers/semi-trailers and other categories. In addition, the distribution time frame of the Fund is "stepped" and places a significant share of resources after 2028, reducing the impact on the market and the ability to activate investments today blocked.

SOS LOGistica pointed out that the measure comes in a context that makes the change no longer postponed, with the latest report from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) which highlights how Italy has a commercial fleet very numerous - in 2024 there were 4,642,832 in circulation light commercial vehicles (vans), 988,165 trucks (>3.5 t) and 101,303 buses - but, above all, from a very old fleet: the average age in Italy is 15.0 years for vans, 19.8 years for trucks and 13.9 years for buses. In a country with already very high mobility pressure (Italy: 701 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, the highest density in the EU; and 97 commercial vehicles and buses per 1,000 inhabitants against an EU average of 85) - underlined SOS LOGistica - a renewal of the fleet that really favors efficient technologies and clean water is a direct lever to reduce consumption, emissions, noise and operating costs.

"With this structure - denounced the president of SOS LOGistica, Daniele Testi - the decree can unlock some project on stand-by, but does not support structured change, well-founded and long-lasting. Even if the entire 10% stake were really oriented towards zero-emission heavy goods, today we are talking about a market Heavy BEV that "takes off" remains a mirage: we need Stronger, more certain and faster signals".

The association highlighted that pushing the adoption of Battery Electric Vehicles, and more generally the electrification and digitization of the vehicle, means preparing companies for transitions already in place in the models operational: energy management, advanced telematics, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems increasingly present, planning up to the future driving trajectories assisted/automated. According to SOS LOGistica, "postponing This step, or limiting it to marginal shares, risks leaving many Italian companies out of time with respect to technologies that are maturing rapidly and will be decisive for productivity and competitiveness".

SOS Logistics ETS therefore called for a quick discussion with the Ministries of Infrastructure and Transport and Economy and to improve the effectiveness of the measure and maximize the public return on investment. The proposals of the association are to significantly increase the share of zero emissions, bringing it well beyond the current 10% and providing for a progressive path year on year, to make the quotas flexible between technologies, avoiding "silos" that risk leave resources unused (or to finance non-sustainable solutions) aligned with decarbonisation objectives), to bring forward a resources because the transition is decided in the 2026-2028, not only in 2030-2031, and to combine the contributions vehicle a coherent plan on infrastructure and the network (charging in storage and corridor), to reduce the perceived risk to operators and accelerate the bankability of projects. In addition, According to the association, it is necessary to direct incentives to the real rejuvenation of the park (in line with the evidence ACEA), rewarding more substitutions that generate the maximum leap in efficiency, safety and local impacts, introduce a "complete project" bonus linked to the recharge in the depot (and digitization) and reward the replacement that maximizes efficiency and environmental benefits, introducing increasing bonus coefficients linked to the scrapping older, high-impact vehicles (age/emission standard), the share of energy renewable energy used for recharging (self-consumption or contracts with guarantees of origin), and the adoption of security and driver assistance (ADAS) and advanced telematics.