News / Megawatt charging tech for trucks 'represents an enormous step forward'

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Technical University of Munich (TUM) claims that, with a new megawatt charger, it has added the necessary critical mass for widespread adoption of electric trucks.

The announcement, which followed the unveiling of a megawatt truck and ship charger at the Shell Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam that demonstrated the feasibility of truck charging at a megawatt scale.

In theory, this could allow heavy goods vehicles to be fully charged in under an hour and run for 4.5 hours, answering one of various concerns ...