Scaling up necessity

Low occupancy makes public e-truck charging plazas not yet profitable

Op dit moment is er bijna altijd een vrije laadplek beschikbaar op de e-trucklaadpleinen.

The payback period of public charging plazas is a tricky issue due to low occupancy rates, low revenues and insufficient transparency on cost structures. Indeed, the average occupancy rate now hovers between one and six per cent; this needs to rise to 25-30 per cent to be profitable. Subsidies (such as SPRE scheme or SPRILA) are also necessary to make it profitable.

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Author: Anita Hestens

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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