Daimler and Portland General Electric (PGE) today unveiled a new ‘first of its kind’ electric truck charging station in Portland, Oregon.
Semi-electric trucks are now coming to the roads in greater numbers and the industry is trying to invent the charging infrastructure to support it.
Today, Daimler and Portland General Electric (PGE) announced an important step in that direction.
They unveiled their first full-scale electric truck charging station in front of Daimler Truck headquarters in Portland Oregon:
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and Portland General Electric (PGE) today opened to the public the first type of heavy-duty electric truck charging station called ‘Electric Island’. Electric Island will help accelerate the development, testing and deployment of emissions-free commercial vehicles, such as those manufactured by DTNA.
Here is a quick video of the charging station:
As you can see, the site is designed for trucks and buses to easily enter and exit the drawers.
They are going to use the station to load heavy trucks:
- Use of chargers for vehicles delivering up to one megawatt of power (more than 4 times faster than today’s fastest charging-charging vehicle chargers), enabling PGE and DTNA to develop best practices for cost-effective future implementation;
- Integration of heavy-charging technology into PGE’s Smart Grid, such as vehicle-to-network technologies, the second use of Daimler’s batteries and on-site power generation; and
- Testing of information technology opportunities such as fleet and energy management through advanced solutions and services.
While they plan to study 1 MW of load capacity, it is unclear whether the capacity is already being used on site.
Daimler has several programs for electric trucks already delivered to customers, including the eActros and the Freightliner eCascadia.
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