The Market for Public Fast Charging of Heavy Trucks and How it Influences Prices, Capacity, and Queues.

Paper i proceeding, 2025

The commercialization of heavy electric trucks is progressing, and many uncertainties about their effective use are resolved. For long-haul trucks, public charging will be used daily and could account for a large part of the total energy needs, making low charging prices at public chargers and no queues essential. This paper presents an early version of a model of the market for public charging and exemplifies how it can be used for examining factors
like cost per kWh, charger capacity, charging queues, and the cost for building sufficient capacity to avoid queues. While price predictions are premature, the paper outlines key factors to keep charging costs and charging queues low.