The eFREIGHT 2030 consortium has launched the first megawatt-scale electric HGV charging site, using Voltempo’s HyperCharger technology, at East Midlands Gateway, to support Kuehne+Nagel’s UK road operations.
Formally opened on 15 January with industry minister Chris McDonald in attendance, the Kuehne+Nagel hub is the first of 25 planned megawatt scale charging hubs to be deployed in the UK.
Designed and implemented by Voltempo, lead partner of the eFREIGHT 2030 consortium and the programme’s charging infrastructure provider, the new charging hub at East Midlands Gateway is powered by Voltempo’s HyperCharger system, capable of delivering charge rates up to one megawatt - enough to charge future eHGVs in less than 30 minutes.
It is the first of Voltempo’s megawatt-scale HyperChargers to be deployed under the planned national rollout of 35 depot charging hubs through eFREIGHT 2030, part of UK government’s £200m Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) Programme, funded by the DfT and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.
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