MAN and E.ON open first site of their truck charging network

MAN Truck & Bus and E.ON are aiming to set up around 170 truck charging parks across Europe. The cooperation partners' first charging site has now gone into operation near Berlin. Two further German sites are to follow soon.

Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN and energy supplier E.ON announced their charging network initiative in mid-July. The target is 170 locations with around 400 truck charging points in Europe – including 125 locations, the majority of which are in Germany. By the end of 2025, 80 are to be realised across Europe. The existing MAN service branches will serve as locations for public charging. Importantly, the network is still accessible for commercial vehicles from other manufacturers.

The first charging facility in the MAN-E.ON network has now also been connected to the network at a MAN service centre – in Berlin-Wildau, directly on the A10 and A13 motorways near the Schönefelder Kreuz junction. Two Hypercharger 400 charging stations from the manufacturer Alpitronic are now initially available there. In the next few weeks, four charging points in Karlsfeld near Munich (A99 motorway) and two charging points in Fürstenwalde in Brandenburg (A12 motorway) will also go into operation.

According to the partners, the charging capacity of the initially installed CCS charging points is up to 400 kilowatts. However, a later conversion of the locations to megawatt charging using the MCS standard is planned. In addition to the high charging capacity, the parking and charging areas are also specially designed for electric trucks, including “a drive-through facility through the charging bay so that lorries do not have to manoeuvre,” according to MAN.

One thing is clear: the rollout of the commercial vehicle-compatible charging infrastructure continues to gather pace with the new cooperation between MAN and E.On. Through the Milence joint venture, MAN – in the form of its parent company Traton – is already active together with Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group in the area of high-speed truck chargers. The target here is 1,700 charging points. The German government has also pushed ahead with the initial electric truck charging network.

press.mantruckandbus.com, eon.de (in German)