Assembly comprising at least one drive wheel and a fairing for a heavy goods vehicle, and the corresponding heavy goods vehicle

Heavy goods vehicle, especially a coach or bus, comprising a body (22), at least one front axle (2) and at least one rear axle (4), said at least one axle (2) comprising at least one assembly including at least one drive wheel (6) and a fairing (8), said drive wheel (6) being designed to pivot around a first axis (X-X′), which in particular is substantially horizontal, for the purpose of advance of the vehicle, and around a second axis (Y-Y′), which in particular is substantially vertical, for the purpose of steering of the vehicle, said fairing (8) extending laterally to the vicinity of wheel (6) when the vehicle is in operation, so that it at least partly covers an outer side of said wheel, wherein said fairing (8) is not linked in rotation in relation to wheel (6) around the first axis (X-X′), so that it is not constrained to rotate around said axis during the advance movement of the vehicle, while said fairing is linked in rotation to the wheel around the second axis (Y-Y′), so that when the vehicle is in operation it follows the steering movements of said wheel.