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PostNL wants to roll out nationwide network of e-truck charging stations

PostNL wil de komende jaren zijn vrachtwagenvloot elektrificeren, wat vraagt om passende laadinfrastructuur. Foto: PostNL

PostNL plans to establish a nationwide network of charging plazas near several regional sorting centres in the coming years. Initially, the charging plazas will be exclusively for its own electric trucks, but eventually the locations will also be opened to other carriers.

In a news, PostNL says it wants to electrify its truck fleet in the coming years. This requires appropriate charging infrastructure with a significantly higher charging capacity than needed for passenger cars or small vans. This has created a need for charging plazas specifically designed for heavy transport.Following successful earlier tests at the PostNL sorting centre in Nieuwegein, the company plans to gradually roll out heavy transport charging facilities in several regions, and eventually make them available to other carriers as well. With the initiative, PostNL is evolving from user to facilitator.

“With these charging squares, we are investing in the energy infrastructure of tomorrow,” says PostNL top executive Pim Berendsen. He says the company is working closely with strategic partners from both the public and private sectors, including municipalities, grid operators and logistics partners, to develop the charging squares. In addition, through a stake in an investment fund, PostNL is exploring new opportunities to develop public, shared charging plazas for mass transport.

Earlier this year, research by the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management and TNO showed that payback time is a tricky issue for public charging plazas for electric trucks. This is due to low occupancy rates, limited revenues and insufficient transparency on cost structures. PostNL has not disclosed how much it invests in the charging plazas and how these investments are recouped.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Nina Koelewijn

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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