Transport + Energy Head of Content James Evison spoke to the Chief Business Officer at Turbo Power Systems, Nigel Jakeman, about electrifying commercial vehicle fleets in the latest edition of Talking T+E.
Turbo Power Systems is a leading designer and manufacturer of power conversion systems with applications for industry, transport and energy.
It designs and manufactures everything in-house at its 55,000 sqft facility in Gateshead, shipping products worldwide. The company has delivered over 25,000 systems totalling more than 3.2GW of capacity worldwide.
The interview explores the work of Turbo Power Systems in the EV charging sector, and electrifying commercial vehicle fleets, particularly trucks and buses. Jakeman looks at the biggest challenges facing operators looking to make that transition, and big issue of getting sufficient power to charge large fleets of vehicles.
It assesses the grid capacity issue, and what can operators do to overcome it, and its potential solutions, including for trucks with bigger batteries and faster charging needs.
See the full video below.
