LifeGate and Vado e Torno, the leading freight transport magazine, present at Ecomondo, the technology platform for the Green and Circular Economy in the Euro-Mediterranean area, Mobility Revolution Truck, the first rating that evaluates sustainability and with which all vehicles used for freight transport will henceforth be classified, from light commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tonnes to large articulated lorries of 44 tonnes.

As part of the Mobility Revolution initiative launched by LifeGate to inform and guide choices and behaviour on sustainable mobility, Mobility Revolution Truck represents the synthesis between LifeGate's technical, scientific and communications expertise and Vado e Torno's wealth of knowledge in the field of road haulage.

A body of knowledge that together determines the Mobility Revolution Truck rating, an assessment expressed both numerically and graphically, which will measure the environmental impact and sustainability of the vehicle under analysis in a broader sense than the simple consideration of engine efficiency, fuel consumption and related emissions, or the strictly technical indicator that relates the vehicle's unladen weight and payload to the cost per kilometre per quintal transported.

Mobility Revolution Truck stems from the precise need of a road haulage sector that can no longer — and no longer wishes to — be regarded as a mere instrument, an anonymous intermediary, in a production chain that, on the contrary, is increasingly defined not only by its intrinsic qualities but, also and above all, by the impact it has on the surrounding environment.

"The environmental impact of road transport, in agriculture and in passenger transport is considerable", underlines Stefano Corti, managing director of LifeGate, "we like to think that the launch of this new dimension of Mobility Revolution will bring its beneficial effects to these areas of mobility too."

A rating that seeks to go beyond what has been seen so far for freight transport vehicles, including in terms of calculating consumption, emissions and cost-benefits. A rating that also steps beyond the exclusive sphere of road haulage to enter the common lexicon of the media and the general public, and which will shortly be extended to the field of passenger transport with Mobility Revolution Bus, and to the field of agricultural mechanisation with Mobility Revolution Tractor.

The first member of MR Truck is Scania, the Swedish manufacturer and producer of industrial vehicles (trucks, road tractors, buses) that has always been committed to offering solutions that respect the environment and increase operational efficiency in transport.

The launch event is scheduled at Ecomondo on Wednesday 4 November, at the Rimini Expo Centre, Agorà room from 14.30 to 15.30.