“The industry is seeing increased investments, collaboration, and innovation that will hopefully help today’s parking lots become tomorrow’s charging stations,” the report reads.
As an example, IDTechEx mentions Daimler Trucks’ commitment to initiating and accelerating the necessary build-up of charging infrastructure for commercial vehicles, something the company plans to accomplish by establishing joint ventures that will help set up a public charging network for battery-electric heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches.
“In Europe, they are investing a whopping €500 million together with their largest truck-making competitors Traton and Volvo Group,” the dossier points out. “They plan to install and operate at least 1,700 charging points which are speculated to be in the 250+ kW all the way up to the megawatt charging levels. This charging network not only shows collaboration between three competitors, but the…
