Megawatt electric truck charging hub opens at East Midlands Gateway

A megawatt electric HGV charging site has opened at Kuehne+Nagel’s East Midlands Gateway in the UK, 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, is planning a national rollout of 35 depot charging hubs.

The East Midlands site will initially serve an electric fleet of 12 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.