Cleansheet TCO Engine · EU Road Freight

What should this lane actually cost?

A bottom-up should-cost engine for European road freight. Built from real carrier operating economics — labour, fuel, tolls, depreciation, maintenance — not market quotes.

15vehicle types
27country labour curves
OSMrouting & geocoding
CO₂emissions tracking

Lane inputs

Agent 3

Origin

Destination

km
/yr
km
l/100km
t
hr
hr
#
Tolls & special crossings (route-specific)
Auto mode: when origin and destination are in the same country, all km are assigned to that country. For cross-border lanes, distance is split 50/50 between origin and destination — an approximation that is wrong for asymmetric routes (e.g. München-Paris is closer to 35% DE / 65% FR, not 50/50). Switch to Country segments for accuracy or Manual lump to enter the IMPARGO total.
EUR
yr
Asset depreciation inputs (2026 market defaults — edit to override)
EUR
EUR
km
km
%
%
%
Depreciation formula: €/km = (price × (1 − residual)) / lifetime_km. Truck and trailer computed separately and summed. Then scaled by utilisation factor (carrier productive km share) and the age curve above. Defaults source: Autoline / Truck1 / ClassTrucks Q4 2025 listings for the 8 major brands (Mercedes Actros, Volvo FH, DAF XG/XF, Scania R, MAN TGX, Renault T, Iveco S-Way, Ford F-Max); trailer prices from Schmitz Cargobull / Krone new listings 2025; lifetime km from ICCT 2023 VECTO study (1.2M km long-haul Euro 6).
km
€/hr
%
€/km
Lifecycle model: ~20 maintenance events per brand (engine oil, filters, brakes, tyres, DPF, statutory inspections, etc.) with intervals from OEM service plans where available and market estimates otherwise. Sources: Volvo Trucks press releases on VDS-4 oil intervals (long-haul 72k km, DPF 640k km); DAF/Scania/Mercedes Actros service plan literature; ACEA/IRU fleet data on tyre wear; BAS Parts / TruckParts.de 2025 parts pricing benchmarks. Each event flagged with source confidence (H/M/L) — see the full table in the result panel after calculating.
EUR
Log carrier rate (real market data)
EUR
EUR

Results

Agent 1 · Engine
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Set your lane parameters and run the engine to see the full
should-cost breakdown, route map, market benchmark and sensitivity.
Methodology

Carrier economics, not market quotes

Market tools tell you what others pay. LaneCost tells you what a well-run carrier should economically need to charge — a defensible baseline for negotiation, RFQ prioritisation and finance-grade savings logic.

01

Time & labour

Driving time from vehicle/range speed, plus loading. Country-specific driver cost per hour with overnight allowances above 12h.

02

Fuel & tolls

Diesel from the EC Weekly Oil Bulletin (60 weeks of history per country). Tolls and ferries entered per route — copy from IMPARGO planner or carrier quote until routing integration is built.

03

Age-curved assets

Truck + trailer depreciation scaled by vehicle age (declining-balance), with rising maintenance multiplier on older equipment.

04

BI for procurement

Market benchmark, lane scorecard, CO₂ emissions, sensitivity, finance-defensible savings classification.