Equipped with 192 kWh of high-energy-density, liquid-cooled DC battery storage in a package designed to be installed in a vehicle or trailer for mobile deployment, Lightning Mobile can be rapidly deployed to provide fast roadside charging to support the operation of electric fleet vehicles.
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency is focusing research into electric trucks on regional trucking operations, which are expected to be among the earliest commercial adopters of the equipment.
A global initiative to set up charging infrastructure for battery-electric commercial trucks launched by Daimler will initially push to establish in the U.S. and Europe charging stations at truck terminals and shops; what Daimler refers to as “depot charging.”