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Vision

In 2035, Finland's heavy on-road transport will be sustainable (people, profit, planet) and lead the way also on a global level. It enables  completely new value across the entire value network.

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Jointly enable the realization of company-specific and broader 'digital green' goals. The cluster enables to solve heavy and time-consuming challenges together with industrial and research actors, in an efficient way utilizing a common maintainable roadmap. 

Objectives

Enabling the continuous availability of the skills needed by companies by jointly identifying the future competence needs and focus areas of the sector, developing training based on them and sharing information between the actors.
Together we will enable better visibility of heavy on-road sector operators in Finland and around the world, so that we can build a more favourable operating environment for us. Jointly influence funding, standards and other decision-making.

Roadmap

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Human

Fleet

Infrastructure

System /
process

Value
network

Sustainable business: Contractual and finance aspect, novel business models

Zero emission system (including powertrains, vehicles, infrastructure)

Control systems for intelligence (clarified component, vehicle and system levels)

Customer / human in the loop

Data-intensive services, connectivity and intelligence

Autonomy /automation in logistics

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Themes

Sustainable business

By 2035, electricity will have become the most cost-competitive solution in most use cases. Business and market bottlenecks have been eliminated and electrification is scaling up strongly. Fast charging up to MW level is common, and the management of vehicle operations and energy supply are integrated. New innovative pricing and service models have enabled entirely new ways of operating and enabling value creation.

Projects
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SIX Heavy On-road Vehicles ongoing projects

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No Damage

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H2 Accelerate

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SIX HOVE -project

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ESCALATE

News

presentations

HOVE annual seminar presentations

2025

Minna van der Most
Jussi Saukkonen

SSAB Europe Oy
Kuljettava Oy

SSAB Industrial Transports

2025

Sara Österberg
Saara Jääskeläinen

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Policy update: actions driving decarbonization of heavy-duty transport

2025

HOVE

Annual Seminar

Heavy On-Road Vehicles cluster presentation

2025

Sepideh Salehi Barzegar

Tampere University

Battery Swapping Technology in the Electrification of Trucks

2025

Mikko Pihlatie

VTT

On system-level analysis and techno-economics of BET

2025

Mikaela Ranta

VTT

Energy consumption of heavy-duty BEVs depending on GVW, payload and temperature

2025

Joona Töyräs

Network Development Team Lead

Plugit PRO DC charging network development

2025

Oy M. Rauanheimo Ab
Oy Adolf Lahti Yxpila Ab

Experiences with electric-converted trucks

2025

Dr. Jarkko Vesa

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland

Zero-Emission Heavy-Duty Transport – Value Network, Challenges and Opportunities

2025

Posti & Partners

Posti

Posti strategy for zero-emission transports

2025

Pekka Heininen

Tampere University

Truck use patterns and electric truck charging in Finland

2025

Niilo Kantoniemi

VTT

On the production costs of large-scale charging as a service

2025

Alexander Aushev, Joel Anttila, Yancho Todorov, Ari Hentunen, Mikko Pihlatie

VTT

WeTRaC: Scalable EV Charging Demand Forecasting for Heavy-Duty Fleets

2025

Jani Lindroos

Port of Helsinki

Electrification in ports

2025

Ville Naumanen
Marko Antila

Kempower
VTT

Megawatt charging with MCS in ESCALATE & MACBETH projects

2025

Tuukka Vainio

Business Finland

Electrification of heavy-duty transports

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SIX Heavy On-road on saanut yhteishankkeelle tukea Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficomilta.

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Contact

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Mikko Pihlatie

SIX Heavy On-road Vehicles

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