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Megawatt milestone eases range anxiety for truckers

ABB E-mobility and Scania combine forces on a game-changing charging system. By Lee Monks

Range anxiety, a familiar term in the nascent electric vehicle (EV) market, may soon be a thing of the past. Swedish-Swiss company ABB’s spinoff division ABB E-mobility has teamed up with Scania through CharIN (Charging Interface Initiative), a Berlin-based non-profit charging initiative, to test the first megawatt charging system (MCS). The trial, carried out in May 2023, represents the first time the technology has been tested in such a way—the first prototype charging unit was unveiled at the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS35) in Oslo in 2022. The successful deployment of the system across the freight network could be a game-changer.

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