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Truck Technology Frontline, January 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Daimler Trucks North America, Volvo Group North America and Navistar (N**iStar) have just formed an alliance to accelerate the rollout of charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks in the United States.
Daimler Trucks North America, n**istar and Volvo Group North America have a combined market share of about 70% of the U.S. large truck market, and the three companies are seriously considering accelerating the transition to electrification in the transportation industry. Other companies such as ABB e-mobility, Voltera and Prologis have joined the pack. It can be said that there are many big names.
The new coalition, called "PACT-Powering America's Commercial Transportation," is working to overcome barriers to building charging stations for large electric trucks and commercial vehicles.
PACT's plan is to educate, advocate and build these charging stations without being restricted to the use of any particular technology. Looking for a practical, efficient solution to accommodate the rapidly growing number of electric trucks on the road.
Medium- and heavy-duty trucks require special charging stations, more power, and large-scale planning to make this transition. According to estimates by the International Council on Clean Transportation, nearly 700,000 chargers will be needed by 2030 to meet the expected deployment of 1 million Level 4-8 medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles.
The formation of the alliance is expected to play a key role in the development of charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks.
John O. President and CEO of Daimler Trucks AG'"With PACT, our goal is to accelerate this infrastructure so that fleets can adopt ZEV at scale, and we can all benefit from impactful emissions reductions as quickly as possible," said Leary. ”
Mathias Carlbaum, president and CEO of N**iStar, agrees, saying truck drivers need fast, reliable and easy-to-use charging to make the switch. Stephen Roy, Chairman of Volvo Group North America and President of Mack Trucks, emphasises that this is a daunting task and that "in order to deploy chargers quickly and cost-effectively, understanding and coordination between different stakeholders is critical. ”
In short, PACT wants to make sure that when large truck fleets go electric, they have the power they need.
In addition, Daimler Trucks North America invested 6US$500 million to establish Greenlane, a joint venture public charging infrastructure company. Greenlane plans to build a nationwide network of battery-electric truck charging stations. As a first step, it will establish an initial charging corridor in Southern California, followed by expansion in the Texas Delta and Northeast.
Daimler Trucks, PACCAR and Cummins' zero-emission division Accelera are planning to build a $2 billion to $3 billion electric truck battery plant in Mississippi with a design capacity of 21GWh per year, with a production capacity of 21GWh per year, which is expected to begin production of commercial EV batteries in 2027.
In Europe, Milence, a joint venture between Daimler Trucks, Volvo Trucks and Transtuo (Traton, the parent company of Scania and MAN) is building the charging infrastructure. Over the next five years, the partnership will jointly invest €500 million to install and operate at least 1,700 high-performance green energy charging points on European road and logistics hubs. The infrastructure will provide charging services for heavy-duty electric trucks of all brands.
In terms of hydrogen fuel cells, Volvo Group and Daimler Trucks have established a 50:50 fuel cell joint venture, Cellcentric, which is responsible for all activities along the entire value chain of fuel cell systems: from R&D, production, marketing and application of fuel cells.
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So, the question is, what makes these enemies of life and death give up their past hatreds and fight side by side?
Is it possible to carry out large-scale cooperation between domestic truck companies?
After all, the truck industry in the near future is no longer facing infighting, but the challenge of subversive influence from the outside world.