The MAN hTGX—a heavy-duty truck with a hydrogen combustion engine — has won the 2025 Truck Innovation Award. The International Truck of the Year journalists presented Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus, with the prestigious award during the IAA Transportation Press Day in Hanover. 

Following the inaugural Truck Innovation Award in 2019 in recognition of the aFAS Level 4 au tomated driverless safety truck and the ATLAS-L4 and ANITA autonomous driving projects in logistics operations in 2023, this is the third time MAN Truck & Bus has won this trophy. 

The Truck Innovation Award, created by the International Truck of the Year (ITOY) jury, recognizes excellence in advanced transport solutions. The ITOY group comprises 25 commercial vehicle editors and senior journalists representing major trucking magazines from Europe and South Africa. 

With 84 votes, MAN’s hTGX beat off competition from Renault Trucks’ Oxygen - a prototype distribution truck - and Iveco’s S-eWay Fuel Cell (FCEV), a zero-emission electric long-distance vehicle.

During a road test in Saalfelden, Austria, IToY journalists praised the hTGX’s diesel-like perfor mance and driveability, delivered by MAN’s 16.8-litre H4576 in-line six spark-ignition hydrogen engine. 

The Truck of the Year judges also praised the heavy-duty truck’s near-zero carbon footprint, the range of around 600 kilometers provided by the 56-kilo 700 bar hydrogen pressurized tanks, and the simplified after-treatment system. 

Summing up the jury’s decision, Gianenrico Griffini, chairman of the International Truck of the Year, said: “MAN’s hTGX opens a new chapter in decarbonizing road transport. It can be the vehicle of choice for heavy-duty applications, such as in the construction sector, in challenging climatic conditions.

About the International Truck of the Year

The International Truck of the Year (IToY) award was initially launched in 1977 by the British journalist and leg endary editor of TRUCK magazine Pat Kennett. Today, the 24 jury members represent leading commercial ve hicle magazines throughout Europe. Moreover, in the last few years, the IToY Group has extended its influence by appointing ‘a(chǎn)ssociate members in the growing truck markets of China, India, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Iran, New Zealand, Israel, and Malaysia. The combined truck operator readership of the 24 IToY full-jury members’ magazines and those of its ten associate members exceeds 1,100,000. 

About Dekra 

The IToY group would like to thank Dekra for independently collating all the IToY jury members’ votes and certifying the final result. Dekra’s history begins with the automobile. In 1925, the Deutsche Kraftfahrzeug-überwachungs-Verein e.V was founded in Berlin to ensure the road safety of rapidly developing mobility. Today, Dekra’s eight Service Divisions - Vehicle Inspection, Claims and expertise, Product Testing, Industrial Inspection, Consulting, Audits, Training, and Temp Work - offer a broad service portfolio. This portfolio focuses on safety on the road, at work, and at home on f ive continents and 60 countries worldwide. Dekra has around 44,000 employees and generates a turnover of about 3.4 billion euros.

Source：ITOY