Geodis Places Order for 110 Electric Heavy Trucks From Renault and Volvo

French logistics group Geodis is pushing ahead with the electrification of its road freight operations, confirming a firm order for 110 battery-electric trucks drawn from Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks. All of the vehicles are 44-tonne heavy-duty units, and Geodis expects them to be handed over by May 2027. The first deployments will be in France, where the company intends to use the trucks on a mix of urban delivery routes and longer long-haul runs.

The order lifts the electric fleet of Geodis’ European Road Network business unit to 190 vehicles, a substantial jump from its current size. Geodis has kept several specifics close to its chest: it has not said how the 110 units break down between the two manufacturers, which model variants were selected, or what battery capacity, range and charging power the trucks will offer. That silence leaves room for the company to adjust the technical mix as delivery approaches.

Buying trucks is only part of the equation, and Geodis is pairing the order with its own charging build-out. Along key French freight axes the company plans what it calls “electric corridors”, spacing charging options every 250 to 500 kilometres. An existing network of roughly 60 charging points forms the starting block, with the target of exceeding 200 by 2030. Geodis has not disclosed how many of those will be capable of fast-charging heavy commercial vehicles, nor the power levels involved.

The move lands at a moment when European policy is catching up with the infrastructure gap. Only around 3,000 publicly accessible charging points on the continent are currently suited to heavy electric trucks, a figure that looks thin against a fast-growing vehicle fleet. The European Commission is preparing to direct more money from the CEF and AFIF funding programmes towards electric trucks and buses, and high-performance charging hubs along core freight corridors are climbing the agenda.

For Geodis, the investment is framed as part of a broader decarbonisation strategy. Marc Vollet, Managing Director of the European Road Network at Geodis, said the arrival of the new vehicles answers both the company’s climate goals and its customers’ expectations. The logistics provider has a long track record on this front, having been a founding member of the European Clean Trucking Alliance back in 2020. The company employs around 48,000 people across nearly 170 countries and reported revenue of 10.6 billion euros in 2025. It operates as part of the French SNCF Group.