It’s easy enough to buy a battery-electric truck, but fleets are being forced to wait up to two years for their chargers. Site design, permitting, and construction take forever. Matt Horton, CEO of Voltera Power, talks to Jim Park on HDT Talks Trucking on how fleets can navigate these waters. Voltera develops charging facilities for light, medium and heavy vehicles. Horton says the upfront costs of developing charging facilities are sidelining some fleets. Others just don’t have the resources to wade through the bureaucratic swamp and get shovels in the ground. Horton discusses the challenges, and offers advice on how to get your BEV up and running as quickly as possible: Why are we pushing so hard to electrify right now? Why is infrastructure such a problem? Charging deserts Getting power to the wheels Is grid capacity allocated on a first come, first served basis? How much energy is 5 megawatts? Is the cost of power, including infrastructure, comparable to diesel? How far off is a true public charging network? More About Charging Infrastructure Challenges of Charging Commercial Trucks NACFE Guidance Report on Charging Infrastructure for Battery-Electric Vehicles The Rush to Battery-Electric Trucks: Putting the Cart Before the Horse

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