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L‑Charge tests mobile, off‑
grid fast charging stations
Canoo Electric Vans to start operating for Walmart
Volvo trucks spearheads battery‑electric trucks blueprint
The British charger manufacturer L-Charge has started an
extensive test run of a mobile fast-charging service for
electric vehicles in Europe. The charging stations are off-
grid using LNG, hydrogen or a mixture of both to generate
the electricity for charging on site. The L-Charge stations
can provide charging power of up to 130kW.
The L-Charge stations come in three formats: fixed,
mobile and floating. A survey conducted by L-Charge
reportedly found that Paris, Tallinn and Warsaw topped
the list of cities most inconvenient for electric car owners
and most affected by rising energy prices. BFA
Volvo Trucks North America has announced the cul-
mination of the Volvo LIGHTS project – a three-year
project that brought together 14 public and private
partners to design and implement a blueprint for
the robust support ecosystem necessary to deploy
battery-electric trucks and equipment at scale.
“By working closely with an extraordinary
group of public and private partners through the
Volvo LIGHTS project, we were able to validate key
processes around Class 8 battery-electric truck
adoption for commercial transport segments and
identify challenges that needed to be addressed
for widespread market introduction,” said
Peter Voorhoeve, president, Volvo Trucks North
America. BFA
The US retail giant had signed a binding agreement
with Canoo to buy 4 500 all-electric vans, starting
with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), and an
option for over 10 000 vans later.
Tony Aquila, Investor, Chairman and CEO at
Canoo, said, “Our LDV has been engineered to
enable a wide range of package deliveries, including
refrigerated items, groceries, and general merchan-
dise and can do so efficiently, emission-free, and with
a high level of driver comfort and ergonomics. The
EV start-up has gone through a number of changes
in recent years but is now prioritising its commercial
van line-up. BFA