Shell to build charging infrastructure for trucks in Germany
The company aims to connect charging columns for vehicles in public areas to its service stations for the development of a public charging network for e-trucks.
Shell has connected charging columns for trucks in public areas to its service station network in the Port of Hamburg, Germany.
The company aims to establish public charging infrastructure for e-trucks with high-performance charging points (360 kW) powered by 100 percent renewable electricity via the Shell Card. Thus, it is supplementing the existing offer of charging options and giving the go-ahead for the development of a nationwide charging network.
Shell will build the charging infrastructure to achieve this at important transport hubs in Germany by 2025. The next truck charging stations are planned for Hanover.
"We want to be the decarbonization partner of choice and help our customers reduce their carbon footprint. That's why the company already offers its fuel card customers the option of LNG, bio-LNG and hydrogen in addition to the fuel-efficient Shell FuelSave Diesel,” said Sönke Kleymann, Managing Director of euroShell Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG.
According to the EU Commission, truck manufacturers are to reduce the CO2 emissions of their newly registered vehicles by 90 percent by 2040. Accordingly, after offering LNG trucks and mass-producing hydrogen trucks, manufacturers are now pushing ahead with truck electrification. Shell is now responding to this demand with the corresponding supply, while also supporting strategic partners such as the Port of Hamburg.
