Vinci: interested in the electrification of road transport
March 14, 2024 at 12:34 pm EDT
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Enedis, TotalEnergies, VINCI Autoroutes and six European manufacturers - Iveco, MAN Truck & Bus France, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Renault Trucks, Scania and Volvo Trucks - have joined forces to assess the needs and challenges of electrifying long-haul road haulage, with a particular focus on roaming charging on France's main roads.
Manufacturers are committed to the development of battery-electric trucks, the main zero-emission exhaust technology.
According to the study, 12,200 recharging points will be needed for roaming HGVs alone, at 519 service and rest areas.
The press release states that by 2035, roaming charging of heavy goods vehicles alone could account for energy consumption of 3.5 TWh/year (compared with France's annual consumption of around 615 TWh in 20351), and a peak power demand of 1.1 GW.
The conclusions of this study should provide industry players with a reliable vision and estimate, on a national scale, of the power, energy, number of charging points and infrastructure work required for the rapid electrification of long-distance road transport.
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VINCI is the world leader in construction, concessions and related services. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- design and construction of infrastructure (44.7%; VINCI Construction): primarily in the fields of building, civil engineering and hydraulics. In addition, the group is developing a business in the construction, renovation and maintenance of transport infrastructure (roads, freeways and railroads; Eurovia), in the production of aggregates (No. 1 in France) and in urban development;
- design, execution, and maintenance of energy and telecom infrastructures (36.7%; VINCI Energies and Cobra IS);
- sub-contracted infrastructure management (16.8%; VINCI Concessions): primarily managing roads and highways (mainly through Autoroutes du Sud de la France and Cofiroute), parking areas, airport activities;
- other (1.8%): primarily property development (residential properties, business properties, managed residences and property services).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (43%), the United Kingdom (8.6%), Germany (7%), Spain (5%), Europe (13.6%), North America (7.8%), Central and South America (6.3%), Oceania (3.7%), Africa (2.7%) and Asia and the Middle East (2.3%).