en.Wedoany.com Reported - A high-performance charging station for electric trucks has officially commenced operations at a Shell gas station in Lehre, near Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. The charging station is part of the "High-Performance Charging for Long-Haul Truck Transport (Hochleistungsladen im Lkw-Fernverkehr, HoLa)" network and was inaugurated on June 2. This marks the first time a coherent network of five high-performance charging stations has been established along the Ruhr region to Berlin axis, a route that serves as a daily corridor for freight trucks.
The goal of the HoLa project is to validate the technical and economic feasibility of battery-electric trucks in long-haul transport under real-world conditions, providing a basis for the large-scale deployment of charging infrastructure. Along the highway axis from the Ruhr region to Berlin, the project has strategically positioned five sites equipped with heavy-duty vehicle charging infrastructure: Lehre (near Helmstedt, Lower Saxony), Lippeland South (near Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia), Hamm-Rhynern (North Rhine-Westphalia), Dortmund (North Rhine-Westphalia), and Wustermark (Brandenburg, planned to be operational within the coming weeks). At these sites, electric trucks will be charged with a maximum power of 1.2 megawatts. The charging process is designed to coincide with a 45-minute driver rest break, aiming to extend the range by several hundred kilometers and undergo practical operational testing along the core logistics axis.
Dr. Claudia Elif Stutz, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, noted at the inauguration of the Lehre charging station that the market success of electric trucks hinges on reliable and fast charging. She stated that politics, research, and industry are jointly accelerating the decarbonization of road freight transport through this ministry-funded project. The project consortium demonstrates the specific application of the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) in long-haul transport. The completed MCS corridor between the Ruhr region and Berlin shows that transport companies can operate electric trucks more economically, efficiently, and flexibly. Florian Glattes, Managing Director of Shell Mobility Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, said that the project's practical implementation makes the future of freight transport tangible. Electric trucks are already viable for long-haul transport, provided the infrastructure keeps pace.
Of the five new sites, Lehre and Wustermark near Berlin are operated by Shell, with Shell subsidiary SBRS GmbH responsible for developing and installing the charging infrastructure. In Hamm (Westphalia), Shell provides the site. The HoLa project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport with a total of 10 million euros under the Electric Mobility Funding Guideline, implemented as a technology and trial project within the "Overall Concept for Climate-Friendly Commercial Vehicles." The project consortium includes 13 partners from vehicle manufacturing, energy supply, grid operation, highway management, and research, with overall leadership and scientific coordination provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Fraunhofer ISI).
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