Saturday, April 5, 2025

Protests didn't help – hated road toll goes into effect today

Angry truckers and drivers paralyzed traffic in several places in the country in protest. Yet the hated toll on trucks comes into effect today.

A new toll for trucks, which has created significant resistance, has come into effect today, January 1, 2025. The toll applies to all trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 12 tons and above, and is charged per short kilometer.

The size of the tax depends on several factors, including the weight of the truck, its CO2 emissions and where in the country it is driven. The purpose of the tax is to reduce CO2 emissions from the heavy transport sector, as trucks currently emit around 1.7 million tonnes of CO2 annually.

The introduction of the toll was met with criticism and protests from truckers across the country. In May 2023, angry truck drivers blocked traffic in several places in Denmark in protest against the new toll. Among other things, a truck blocked a motorway junction at Tuse in the middle of morning traffic.

The news of the toll also sparked a strike among truck drivers. Several hundred truck drivers from all over the country drove at low speed on the highway towards Christiansborg in protest to show their dissatisfaction.

Despite the protests, the toll was adopted by the SVM government in the summer of 2023 with support from SF, the Unity List, the Radical Left and the Alternative.

Business commentator at TV2, Ole Krohn, estimates that the toll will lead to price increases for both businesses and consumers. However, he does not expect the increases to be significant.

– You have to remember that there can be a lot of running shoes or packages of butter in a truck, so it's not like you're going to get a price shock in the coming years, he tells the media .

The road toll is part of the government's goal to reduce Denmark's CO2 emissions by 70 percent by 2030.

To reduce the financial burden on hauliers, the government has decided to introduce a number of compensatory measures.

These measures include, among other things, an increase in the mileage allowance for commercial vehicles and a reduction in the toll for the most environmentally efficient trucks. It is not yet known what effect the toll will have on CO2 emissions from the transport industry.

Latest

Don't miss

Donald Trump pardons CEO of bankrupt car brand

Nikola Motors is no more. The brand went bankrupt...

Rimac wants to buy Porsche for 7 billion kroner

Croatian Rimac is considering buying Porsche's 45 percent stake...

Revealing sad news – Michael Schumacher has lost

The public knows very little about Michael Schumacher's condition...

Wants to go to Denmark – car brand plummets after fatal accident

Chinese Xiaomi plans to sell its cars in Europe,...

Controversial repair shop chain loses 12 million

Skorstensgaard, which has been in the media spotlight for...
Boosted Magazine
Boosted Magazine
Boosted in Denmark has over a million unique users, surpassing two million sessions, and accumulating over seven million page views each month, and our platforms has become a hub for automotive enthusiasts. Now you can enjoy our content in English too! Enjoy our free car news - every day. Want to talk to us? Write an email to boosted@boostedmagazine.com
spot_img

Ford recalls over 4,000 flammable gasoline vehicles

Ford is now recalling over 4,000 gasoline cars because they are equipped with the brand's 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, which is flammable. Ford is...

Desperate Audi? Selling Le Mans car with V12 diesel engine

Audi is short of money. And now they are trying to make their motorsport division, Audi Sport, pay the price by selling off legendary...

Volvo flees to the US – could lay off thousands of employees

Volvo is now moving larger parts of its production to the US due to fears of the country's new tariffs. But it will take...

4,500 employees to be laid off – car brands stop production

The car group Stellantis is halting production at a number of factories in both Canada and Mexico. This means that 4,500 people will be...

Nobody wants a new Volvo – has sold 33 cars

Volvo's biggest car ever is also the biggest disappointment for the car brand in a very long time. Only 33 new LM90s were produced...

Wants to go to Denmark – crisis-stricken car brand fires director

The low-cost brand Onvo, which is aiming for a European and thus Danish launch, is doing so poorly at home in China that the...

Lamborghini is scrap after 83 kilometers – can you see the mistake?

This Lamborghini Urus only has a short 83 kilometers. Yet it is for scrapping. In fact, the fault is so severe that the car...

Polestar 2 is permanently withdrawn – disappears completely

The US's 25 percent tariff on all imported cars is now causing Polestar to permanently withdraw the Polestar 2 model from the American model...

Rimac wants to buy Porsche for 7 billion kroner

Croatian Rimac is considering buying Porsche's 45 percent stake in Bugatti Rimac. This would give the Croatians full control of Bugatti. Rimac has reportedly...

Danish car importer has expelled its former director

One of Denmark's smallest car importers, RSA Denmark, is now shedding light on why the country manager suddenly left his position back in September...

Controversial repair shop chain loses 12 million

Skorstensgaard, which has been in the media spotlight for suspicious business practices on several occasions, has been in deficit for the fourth year in...

The battery in every fourth Danish car is too bad

New figures from the company Carly show that every fourth Danish car is driving around with a battery that is in poor or even...