As part of our ongoing series on the new tachograph, we asked IRU member Continental to unpack the retrofitting process and what’s next in store for this technology. On 21 August 2023, the new smart tachograph 2 (G2V2) was made mandatory for all newly registered commercial heavy-duty vehicles in the EU. The new SMT2 comes with a host of benefits, including additional features such as the automatic registration of border crossings and the possibility for enforcers to monitor driving and rest time hours remotely. Vehicles equipped with the smart tachograph 1 are now being retrofitted with G2V2 devices. (....)