The transition to battery-electric truck fleets could offer greater energy savings than those achieved through vehicle electrification alone. The key opportunity lies in using the batteries not only to power the trucks, but also as flexible electricity storage.
According to the available report, better electricity marketing could allow fleet operators to make fuller use of this storage potential. Charging strategies could therefore be coordinated with electricity-market conditions, helping reduce the overall cost of energy for electric truck operations.
The proposal highlights that the economic benefits of electric mobility depend not only on replacing combustion engines with batteries. How those batteries are managed and integrated into the power system can also influence the financial impact of switching to electric trucks.
Sources: Golem.de.