Powering eTrucks with the highest uptime of charging infrastructure for logistic companies

In the coming years, charging stations will receive a strong boost thanks to the European Union’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR). This means that legally binding targets already exist for the installation of public charging points for eTrucks. The greatest impact of AFIR will be that, by 2030, charging stations for heavy-duty vehicles must be available every 120 kilometres along the core European road network. In addition, at least 15% of that network must comply with the regulation by 2025, a figure that will rise to 50% by 2027.

In this context, chargecloud is working to facilitate the operation and charging of e-trucks and electric depots through its highly reliable e-mobility software. The company aims to help address one of the sector’s main challenges: ensuring a charging infrastructure that always works. This focus will continue to gain even more relevance in 2026.

“In the commercial area of the electric truck sector, everything revolves around the total cost of ownership (TCO). It’s about having precise routes and timings, with a charging infrastructure offering highest possible availability availability,” explains Oliver Adrian, COO & CRO at chargecloud, in conversation with Mobility Portal during the GENERA fair.

“You must ensure that all stations are properly operated and managed in order to enable appropriate planning, especially if vehicles need to go to multiple locations,” he adds.

Given the company’s experience in this field, chargecloud is working with various partners on several projects to achieve this goal.

Moreover, although Oliver believes that more hubs must be installed because truck infrastructure “practically does not exist”, he warns that software should not be overlooked. “It is just as important as the hardware, because it is what truly enables charging points to operate,” he states.

Regulatory challenges and dialogue with governments in a complex and fragmented European market

The growth of electromobility in Europe is progressing, but chargecloud identifies the main barrier as the ongoing regulatory diversity between countries.

Its business model – empowering charge point operators (CPOs) to build, operate and scale their own charging services across hospitality, retail and depot use cases – must navigate regulatory frameworks that differ from one country to the next.

This heterogeneity forces the company to work directly with political stakeholders and governments, with the aim of ensuring that its clients can operate without obstacles and expand their services.

“We focus solely on this continent because the European market is already complicated enough,” Oliver explains. “We want to dominate the European market, and we are in no rush to go further. Quality before quantity,” he states.

chargecloud drives and facilitates the operation of charging infrastructure across Europe, including countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and France.

“While we focus on providing advanced services to the companies that are already our clients, we are also expanding into other European countries,” the executive adds.

About chargecloud: a decade of operating charging through software

chargecloud is preparing to celebrate ten years in the charging infrastructure sector — a significant milestone for a company born when electromobility was still in its early stages. The company was founded ten years ago by two key players: one of Germany’s largest energy companies and an international manufacturer of connectors for electric vehicles. Both identified early on the need for an operator capable of managing charging from a software-centred perspective.

From the outset, chargecloud was created with a clear purpose: to manage, facilitate and operate charging infrastructure. At that time, demand came mainly from small companies, but the firm grew rapidly and today positions itself as a market leader in Germany.

Oliver explains that a large share of public infrastructure, as well as home chargers and units installed in logistics depots across the country, runs on its platform.

“We are a fully white-label company, which is why you don’t see our logo anywhere,” he notes.

Driven by its growth, the company has in recent years decided to expand its operations to other European countries, while maintaining its core proposal: operating infrastructure that always works, powered by robust and reliable software.