Volvo And Pilot Company Immediately Build A Charging Network For Heavy Vehicles

Volvo san pilot for EV charging network (photo: Volvo)

JAKARTA - Volvo Group, a carmaker from Sweden, has signed a Letter of Intent with North America-based Pilot Company for the development of public data charging infrastructure for electric trucks.

This partnership exists as a form of support for North America in meeting their environmental goals to reduce carbon footprint on densely populated highways.

Pilot Company wants to install high-performance charging infrastructure on select Pilot and Flying J travel center networks throughout the US.

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The network will also be open to all heavy-duty vehicle brands, and will be able to support medium-duty truck charging as well.

Meanwhile, Volvo and its commercial truck brand Volvo and Truck Mack will help identify which Pilot and Flying J travel hubs should prioritize for charging infrastructure.

This identification is based on the volume of the deployment of battery-electric trucks, the need and pattern of customer charging, as well as the availability of federal and state funding to support cost capital.

Our VNR Electric subscription, as well as other fleets wishing to adopt battery-electric trucks, will have the composure of the mind that they can access reliable and robust charging networks that are publicly accessible that are strategically located along major transport corridors, "said Peter Voorhoeve, president, North American Volvo Trucks in a press release.

The partnership in question puts Volvo Group and Pilot Company at the forefront of accelerating electrification and developing reliable and reliable transportation solutions in North America for future generations of battery-electric trucks.

The pilot alone has operated a network of more than 750 travel centers across North America, covering 44 US states and six provinces in Canada.