By 2030, 40% of newly registered trucks in the EU must be emission-free – currently the proportion is less than 2%. One reason for this is the reluctance of logistics companies and fleet operators to buy. According to a recent study by McKinsey & Company, the acquisition costs of battery electric trucks would have to fall by up to 50% and charging costs by 25% compared to today in order to achieve a similar total cost of ownership to diesel trucks.
In order to realize the ramp-up at all, up to 900,000 private charging points would have to be installed in Europe by 2035.
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We are not only building the charging infrastructure for electric trucks, but also ensuring that the electricity for this comes directly from a photovoltaic system installed on site. This makes charging significantly cheaper than from the grid, and any hurdles caused by insufficient grid connections can be compensated for by the use of battery storage.
There is a further advantage for logistics companies: Ampermo bears the investment costs and operates the PV and charging solution. This means there are no risks for logistics companies, they can focus on their core business and have minimal resource requirements.