ICYMI: Electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town — via drivingdotca IndustryNews ElectricVehicles
Probably not, according to a sweeping new study of highway charging requirements conducted by utility company National Grid Plc. Researchers found that by 2030, electrifying a typical highway gas station will require as much power as a professional sports stadium — and that’s mostly just for electrified passenger vehicles. As more electric trucks hit the road, the projected power needs for a big truck stop by 2035 will equal that of a small town.
“We need to start making these investments now,” Franey said in an interview. “We can’t just wait for it to happen, because the market is going to outpace the infrastructure.”Misunderstanding the challenge National Grid studied fueling behaviors at 71 highway gas stops of varying size along interstate corridors in New York and Massachusetts. They applied those behaviors to projections for EV adoption to estimate peak electricity demand. To model the behaviour of passenger-vehicle projections, industry consultants at Stable Auto Corp. provided data from 3,000 fast-chargers across the U.S. For medium and heavy-duty trucking, the study used fleet-tracking telematics from Geotab Inc.
Charging infrastructure for commercial trucks is still in its infancy. More than $1.2 billion of investments have been announced for chargers in 2022 and 2023, enough to build more than 4,000 truck-charging points in the US and Europe, according to a tally by BloombergNEF. Most of that is for pilot projects, with bigger investments to follow.
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