In an effort to alleviate Europe’s current deficit in charging points and charging capacity for heavy commercial vehicles, Daimler Truck plans to enable its TruckCharge customers to open their charging infrastructure for external, paid use, starting in the third quarter of 2025.
Plans include offering a system for planning, booking and reservation, along with additional cost benefits and simplified payment.
Europe has fewer than 1,000 charging points for heavy commercial vehicles, but Daimler’s new network is projected to include more than 3,000 fast charging points by 2030, making it the continent’s largest. The semi-public network is designed to supplement existing European public charging networks such as Milence, a joint venture of Daimler Truck, TRATON and Volvo, which has the goal of establishing 1,700 high-capacity public charging points by 2027.
“With our TruckCharge concept, we are aiming to close a large gap in the charging infrastructure for trucks,” said Martin Hink, Head of eMobility Business Solutions at Mercedes-Benz Trucks. “On the one hand, the idea is to help our customers make their own charging infrastructure more profitable. On the other hand, we want to offer operators of electric trucks additional, attractive options for charging their vehicles.”
Source: Daimler Truck