Are tolls included in the transport price?

At Spedition HTL, yes: corridor tolls (including the German Maut) are included in the quote. Swiss transit, with its specific LSVA cost, is stated explicitly in the quote where relevant.

What changes with LSVA III in 2026?

Since 1 January 2026, the Swiss charge is calculated on km driven × weight × emissions factor, with mandatory registration before transit (lsva.ch). Without registration: stopped at the border.

How does the Danish KmToll work?

Since January 2025 it is a distance-based GNSS toll: the digital ticket must be bought before entering Denmark, via the official portal betalt.dk or an EETS provider.

Why does the truck’s CO₂ class matter?

Because the German Maut is tiered by emission class: a modern Euro VI car carrier in a favourable class pays less per kilometre — a cost advantage of modern fleets, reflected in prices.

Truck tolls 2026: Maut, LSVA III and KmToll explained

12 July 2026 · 6 min readRegulation

Tolls are a real share of vehicle transport costs — and the landscape is moving fast: CO₂-differentiated German Maut, Swiss LSVA III since January 2026, Danish GNSS KmToll since January 2025. Here is what a transport buyer needs to understand, without jargon. Exact rates evolve: refer to the official sources cited.

Germany: the Maut, tiered by CO₂ emission class

The Maut applies to trucks on German motorways and federal roads, collected automatically via on-board unit (OBU). Its tariff is tiered by CO₂ emission class: the newer and cleaner the truck, the less it pays (source: Toll Collect / BALM).

Order of magnitude: a modern Euro VI car carrier in CO₂ class 1 (5 axles) pays around €0.35/km. On Cologne–Munich, tolls add up to hundreds of euros — one more reason to favour well-filled trucks.

Switzerland: LSVA III since January 2026

The Swiss heavy-vehicle charge (LSVA) moved to version III on 1 January 2026: it is calculated on kilometres driven × weight × emissions factor, with mandatory vehicle registration before any transit (source: lsva.ch, federal administration).

An unregistered truck is stopped at the border. For buyers: Swiss transit has its own per-km cost, separate from EU tolls — check how your carrier bills it.

Denmark: GNSS KmToll since January 2025

Denmark replaced its vignettes with the KmToll, a distance-based toll using satellite positioning (GNSS), mandatory since January 2025. The digital ticket must be purchased before entering the country (official portal: betalt.dk, or via an EETS provider).

On our regular Denmark lines, this step is part of our drivers’ standard departure process.

What this means for your transport prices

At Spedition HTL, corridor tolls are included in the quote — no surprise surcharge at delivery. And our modern Euro VI fleet benefits from the favourable CO₂ classes of the Maut: controlled costs that show in our prices.

A useful question for any provider: “Do your prices include tolls, and is your fleet in a favourable CO₂ class?”

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