What is Charging
Shaping the necessary rollout of charging infrastructure is an essential enabler for e-truck adoption. To ensure infrastructure will be in place to accommodate e-trucks, the Fleet Electrification Coalition aims its focus on shared and public charging.
What is Shared
Shared charging for electric trucks offers a promising solution to enhance the adoption of electric commercial vehicles while optimizing costs and infrastructure use. Shared charging is a concept where multiple companies come together to share capital and operational expenditures in developing a charging hub within logistics hotspots. Continued advancements in technology, collaboration among stakeholders, and supportive policies will be essential for this initiative's success.
Over 2024, the FEC led a working group focused on developing knowledge around shared charging. In this forum, we invited members of our community representing shippers, carriers, LSPs, charging and technology providers, to provide us with their respective criteria and recommendations for the development of shared charging locations. The outcome of this working group is summarized in the downloadable concept note linked below.
Public
Public charging for electric trucks is an evolving sector with significant potential to support the transition to cleaner transportation. Public charging stations are available to customers without restrictions and are frequently located along major transportation routes or in high traffic areas such as ports. Addressing the challenges of infrastructure development, standardization, and costs will be critical for the widespread adoption of electric trucks in the commercial transport industry, and these challenges drive the FEC team to ideate solutions. As technology advances and investment increases, the landscape for electric truck charging will continue to improve, facilitating the growth of sustainable logistics and freight transport.
The FEC supports public charging development in several ways, including the Accelerating Public Charging project, engagement with Charge Point Operators, and providing support to companies who wish to electrify their operations.