Thursday, June 11th, 2026
The European Commission’s review of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) has entered its second phase. A 12-week public consultation, open from 11 May to 3 August 2026, invites stakeholders to provide evidence on whether the regulation’s current targets are adequate, where implementation is falling short, and what legislative changes are needed. The Commission is expected to publish its legislative proposal before the end of 2026.
This webinar is the second in a series of expert sessions that ALICE has organised as part of a structured effort to bring member evidence into the AFIR review process. The first session, held on 17 April 2026, brought together a closed group of experts from the truck charging ecosystem to explore AFIR implementation challenges and grid readiness for heavy-duty vehicle charging along the TEN-T network. That session produced ALICE’s formal response to the AFIR Call for Evidence, the first step in a longer process of coordinated member engagement with the Commission.
Evidence collected across Horizon Europe projects under the 2Zero Partnership — ZEFES, FLEXMCS, MACBETH, and now BELOGIC— and validated through the April expert session consistently points to a structural problem that sits at the interface between transport policy and energy infrastructure planning. The minimum power targets currently set by AFIR for heavy-duty charging pools along TEN-T could fall significantly short of what projected truck volumes will require by 2030. At the same time, the grid connection processes needed to support high-capacity charging hubs, for both public corridor infrastructure and private depot connections, involve lenghty approval timelines, high connection fees, and lead times that are incompatible with AFIR’s compliance deadlines. In case a TEN-T location requires grid reinforcements or expansion, lead times are even longer (3-5 years). These gaps, if not addressed in the revised regulation, will make zero-emission targets structurally unachievable for European logistics operators.
This workshop will present quantitative modelling of charging demand on TEN-T corridors and validate it against real infrastructure cases, before opening a focused panel discussion that will feed directly into ALICE’s formal consultation response to the Commission.
Objectives
The session aims to:
This webinar is open to all ALICE members. However, because its output is a formal consultation response submitted to the European Commission, active participation is conditional on submitting evidence in advance.
Members who wish to participate as active contributors are asked to submit a short written contribution (one to two pages) on one of the session topics by 29 June 2026. A template and a list of suggested contribution topics will be sent to all members upon registration. Members who are unable to provide evidence before the deadline are welcome to register as observers and will receive a full summary of the session outcomes and next steps.
To register and indicate your intention to contribute, contact: alice.scotti@etp-alice.eu
The recorded session videos and presentations will be available in the ALICE Knowledge Platform Efficient and Low Emissions Assets and Energy event page:
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FLEXMCS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101192657. MACBETH has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101192466. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. |