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Episode 42 – From Diesel to Electric: Who Wins When Freight Electrifies
Episode Description
Road freight is entering a structural shift as electric trucks move from pilots to real operations. In this episode of The Charge Point Podcast, Christophe Lephilibert speaks with Otto Gussenhoven from sennder about what it actually takes to make electric freight work at scale.
The conversation goes beyond vehicle technology and into the real drivers of success: access to electric trucks, charging and energy strategy, utilization, and risk management. Drawing on firsthand operational experience and insights from sennder’s recent EV White Paper, this episode explores why some fleets are already approaching cost parity with diesel—and why the next few years will be decisive for the industry.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- Why electrification of road freight is a structural, once-in-a-generation transition
- Why electric trucks are no longer the main bottleneck—and what has replaced them
- How access models and risk-sharing approaches are accelerating adoption
- Why charging and energy strategy can make or break the TCO of electric freight
- How utilization, route selection, and operational learning drive competitiveness
- Why the freight market may split between EV leaders and diesel laggards over the next decade
Resources & Links
- sennder's White Paper: https://www.sennder.com/reports/how-electric-heavy-duty-trucks-will-outperform-diesel-by-2030
- “Optimisation of co-located BESS”, an on-demand webinar with Dr. Robert Brehm from FLEXECHARGE – sign up here
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