The joint webinar between the NextETRUCK project partners JEMA Energy and POLIS Network engaged with stakeholders across Europe to explain the charging solutions piloted during NextETRUCK, the product line of JEMA, as well as the overall challenges of setting up a charging infrastructure to cater battery-electric HDVs. You can watch the recording of the webinar on the bottom of this article and we invite you to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
After a short introduction of the current decarbonisation challenges of the (road freight) transport sector and a brief overview of the aims of NextETRUCK, the ‘Charging Interface Initiative’ (CharIn) was presented. This global association of automakers, manufacturers, suppliers, energy providers and other stakeholders and OEMs are cooperating to promote charging standards to foster the uptake of electric vehicles and trucks. A special task force for commercial vehicles is developing the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) for HDVs and other modes of transport like ships and ferries.
JEMAs charging infrastructure
JEMA is providing a network of more than 1500 charging stations across South-West Europe, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria, which includes the core market of Spain where they operate more than 700 charging points. The installed solutions are based on a modular design to reduce maintenance time, are interoperable according the existing standards and can charge (peri-)urban buses through a pantograph or connect to passenger vehicles or HDVs through CCS.
JEMAs research as part of the NextETRUCK project
New charging solutions for the pilots include five modules that include three power conversion columns and a connection column each for AC and DC. Besides these hardware aspects, other passive components are required.
Furthermore, a new ‘optimisation framework’ is created to ensure an optimal operation of these charging solutions, which calculates potential losses of the system during the conversion, as well as the AC/DC frequency and the control of the thermal characteristics of the setup to guarantee ideal operational conditions.