Charging Infrastructure Strategy

Rolling out charging infrastructure is no longer just an engineering task. It’s a financial and strategic one, too. Grid capacity, site economics, and long-term utilisation now determine whether an investment in charging pays off or becomes a stranded asset.

Frameworks such as the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) and national charging infrastructure strategies are pushing fleet operators, site owners and public authorities to plan deployment years ahead, rather than site by site as demand appears. This is especially urgent for heavy-duty trucks: AFIR requires large-scale public charging along highways and in urban areas, and multi-bay charging hubs (laadpleinen) at depots, terminals and corridor locations need to be sited, sized and financed correctly from day one. Getting the sequencing, sizing and business case right avoids costly rework later.

A positive charging business case depends less on the technology than on where, when and how infrastructure is deployed. Get the sequencing right, and the investment case follows.

Questions we help you answer

Where should we deploy chargers to match today’s demand, and tomorrow’s?
What’s the business case, in costs, revenue and payback, before we commit capital?
How do we sequence rollout across multiple sites without over- or under-building?
How do we design infrastructure that scales as demand grows, without costly rework?
Could shared or third-party infrastructure reduce our upfront investment?
Where and how large should our charging hubs for heavy-duty vehicles be?
How do we align our strategy with national and EU charging regulations?

How we help

Business case modelling

Quantify costs, revenues and payback periods before you invest, using tools such as our Charging Infrastructure Business Case Assessment Tool (CIBCAT).

Needs assessment

Map current and future charging demand against your fleet, depot or site portfolio.

Deployment planning

Sequence rollout across sites and geographies using GIS-based strategic siting.

Charging hubs for heavy-duty vehicles

Site, size and build the business case for multi-bay charging hubs (laadpleinen) at depots, logistics terminals and corridor locations, informed by our work on high-power truck charging hubs across Europe.