Long-haul truck movements are typically more than 350 to 400 km from origin to destination.

Long-haul trucks are considerably more active and usually travel faster than short-haul trucks.

These factors cause high aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance, and idle losses, which result in high fuel consumption.

In terms of per-kilometer costs, fuel constitutes about a third to a half of the total cost of long-haul trucking operations.