A megawatt-scale electric HGV charging site has opened at Kuehne+Nagel’s East Midlands Gateway, as part of the eFreight 2030 project.
This site features six DC charging bays powered by Voltempo’s HyperCharger, a British-designed and manufactured charging system, developed specifically for heavy-duty freight applications.
Voltempo is lead partner of the eFreight 2030 consortium, part of UK government’s £200 million Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) Programme.
The project, which is funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, is planning a national rollout of 35 depot charging hubs.
The East Midlands site will initially serve an electric fleet of twelve eHGVs which are part of the ZEHID project, including both DAF XF Electric and Renault Trucks E-Tech Ts operating across regional, national and international routes.
Each HyperCharger can deliver up to one megawatt of dynamically distributed power, supplying up to six vehicles simultaneously.
The charger is capable of delivering charge rates up to one megawatt, enough to charge future eHGVs in less than 30 minutes.
In addition, it can be scaled across multiple charge points to support larger fleets and evolving depot requirements.
Alistair Barnes, Senior Programme Manager at Innovate UK said: “Voltempo’s state-of-the-art HyperCharger is enabling eFreight 2030 to meet the sustainable haulage demands of today and tomorrow.
“The ZEHID programme, funded by the UK Government and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, is providing strategic insights into the future of road transport.
“Powerful partnerships like this are accelerating the transition to zero-emission freight and driving the UK’s clean growth ambitions forward.”
