Toll Collect Rates: the CO₂-class table per kilometre

Updated June 2026

This is the complete reference table of Toll Collect rates per kilometre, in force since 1 July 2024 — broken down by CO₂ emission class, weight class, and axle count. If you want to know exactly what a given vehicle pays per kilometre on German motorways and Bundesstraßen, and how the CO₂ component is built, the figures are here row by row.

The general overview of the German truck toll — who's liable, registration, exemptions, and penalties — is covered separately in our guide to the German truck toll. This article focuses on one thing: the exact rates and how they're calculated. All figures come straight from Toll Collect and the Bundesamt für Logistik und Mobilität (BALM).

The four components of the rate

The total rate per kilometre isn't a single number — it's the sum of four components, each priced according to a different vehicle attribute. Before reading the table below, it helps to know these four parts, because they explain why two trucks on the same road pay different amounts.

The CO₂ component is the part that changed everything. Before December 2023, the toll was infrastructure + air pollution + noise. The CO₂ rate added a fourth line that, for a typical articulated Euro 6 truck in CO₂ class 1, contributes roughly 15.8 cent per kilometre on its own — almost as much as the infrastructure component itself. The Federal Transport Ministry's 2023 reform translated EU CO₂ pricing of €200 per tonne into per-kilometre toll surcharges.

Rate table: CO₂ class 1 (per kilometre)

The rate tables below are published by Toll Collect and have been in force since 1 July 2024. The first table covers CO₂ class 1 — where every vehicle is placed by default — across all six weight/axle classes and all seven Euro pollutant classes. The second covers Euro 6 vehicles across the better CO₂ classes (2, 3, and 4), which is the only segment Toll Collect publishes for those CO₂ tiers.

If a post-July-2019 vehicle qualifies for CO₂ class 2, 3, or 4, the lower rates in the second table apply. Default placement is class 1 — re-classification to a better class requires an application through the Toll Collect customer portal with supporting documentation.

Rate table: CO₂ classes 2, 3, 4 (Euro 6)

The spread across the schedule is over fourfold: a Euro 0 or Euro 1 articulated truck above 18 tonnes with 5+ axles in CO₂ class 1 pays 51.6 cent per kilometre — the highest rate. A Euro 6 truck in the lightest bracket (3.5–7.49 t) in CO₂ class 4 pays 11.4 cent per kilometre — the lowest. Both run on the same toll network.

Reading the right row: weight, axles, and the F1 vs. F2 question

To land on the right row in the table, two inputs have to be correct: the weight class and the axle count. Since 1 December 2023, the weight that determines your tariff is the technisch zulässige Gesamtmasse (tzGm), shown in field F.1 of the German vehicle registration document. This replaced the previous reference to the zulässiges Gesamtgewicht (zGG) in field F.2. The two are usually identical, but they diverge often enough that some vehicles moved up a weight class overnight when the rule changed — and into a more expensive bracket.

For vehicle combinations, the F1 weight of the tractor and the trailer are added together. The same applies to axle count: tandem axles count as two, tridem axles count as three, and lift axles are counted whether they're in road contact or raised. This catches operators who assume a raised lift axle saves them a tariff class — it doesn't.

CO₂ emission classes: where the real savings sit

Every truck is initially placed in CO₂ class 1 (the most expensive) by Toll Collect. Vehicles first registered before 1 July 2019 can only be in class 1 — there's no legal pathway to a better class for older trucks. For vehicles registered after that date, you have to apply for a re-classification through the Toll Collect customer portal, supported by documentation: either the registration certificate, a customer information file (CIF), a certificate of conformity (CoC), or single-vehicle approval papers.

The class system runs from 1 (least efficient) through 4 (most efficient diesel/gas), plus class 5 for zero-emission vehicles. Zero-emission trucks are exempt from the toll until 30 June 2031 (Fourth Act Amending Toll Regulations, in force since 1 December 2025); see the German truck toll guide for the detail. The cost difference between the diesel classes is significant: for a heavy articulated truck, moving from class 1 to class 4 cuts the rate from 34.8 to 26.9 cent per kilometre — that's 7.9 cent saved on every kilometre, or roughly €7,900 per year per truck at 100,000 km annual mileage. Most fleets that operate post-July-2019 vehicles haven't completed the re-classification, and they're paying for the paperwork gap.

The reference values that determine which class a vehicle qualifies for tighten every year. Until 2026 the annual reduction is 2.5%, and from 2027 it becomes 3% per year. A truck that qualifies for class 2 today may slip back to class 1 in two or three years without any change to the vehicle itself — the bar moves. New vehicle purchase decisions need to factor in this trajectory, not just today's classification.

What the rates mean for a real fleet

Toll costs scale linearly with kilometres driven, but the absolute numbers are easier to grasp in concrete fleet terms. Three typical German freight operations, each in CO₂ class 1:

The single biggest accuracy lever isn't switching trucks — it's getting the data right. Operating in the wrong weight class, missing a re-classification application that would move a post-2019 truck into a better CO₂ class, or running a lift axle as raised-and-uncounted all cost money silently month after month. The booking channels (OBU, manual booking, the TollNow app) and the rest of the toll mechanics are covered in the German truck toll guide.