Geotab

Aachen – September 12, 2026 -- Trucks navigate Berlin's roads more efficiently than passenger cars, scoring 71 points versus 55 on Geotab's new Freight Efficiency Index for European Cities, a 16-point gap that ranks among the largest recorded across the continent.

The connected-vehicle solutions provider analyzed full-year 2025 data from Geotab-connected fleets in Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Rome, Paris, London and Madrid, scoring truck and car traffic flow separately on a 0-100 scale. The findings challenge the assumption that commercial trucks are the primary drag on urban traffic: in five of the seven capitals studied, trucks moved more efficiently than cars.