PragmaCharge has developed a modular platform of Battery Electric Truck leasing, maintenance, and charging services to offer Electric Trucking-as-a-Service. According to the company’s recent press release, 24% of UK GHG emissions come from transportation, of which 19% comes from Heavy Goods Vehicles.
PragmaCharge, a provider of battery electric trucks and charging services for commercial fleet owners, will offer a logistics hub-focused approach to charging points. PragmaCharge will address the cost barrier through its pay-as-you-go leasing model, design for each fleet owner’s operations, at total cost of ownership parity to diesel equivalent vehicles.
Through its initial deployment of multiple 350kW chargers at strategic transport and logistics hubs, and thereafter upgraded to MW chargers upon launch of the MCS in 2024, PragmaCharge aims to reduce full battery charging times to approximately 45 minutes, which is in-line with the UK’s mandatory driver rest period.
The company plans to manage all services from its cloud-based Fleet Management Software Platform. Wirelessly connected with BETs and PragmaCharge-Hubs, the platform provides a comprehensive range of assistance and services that include:
- Mileage-based BET leasing contract with lower total cost of ownership;
- Run-time analytics to enable fleet owners to select BETs that are optimized for their fleet use-cases;
- Fleet performance and analytics for continuous operations cost optimization;
- OEM predictive and corrective maintenance agreements; and
- Tiered bookable charging slots at PragmaCharge-Hubs for Electric Trucking-as-a-Service customers, corporate fleet owners on contracted charging-only services, and opportunistic users.
EU rules demand a 30% reduction in medium and heavy-duty vehicle CO2 emissions by 2030. In the UK, the sale of new diesel and petrol medium and heavy-duty vehicles will be banned from 2040, the recent press release states.
