Evaluation report on funding support for climate-friendly commercial vehicles
With the KsNI funding guideline, the BMDV supported companies in purchasing climate-friendly commercial vehicles and charging infrastructure from 2021 to 2024. An external report has now confirmed that the KsNI funding programme resulted in a statistically significant increase in the share of climate-friendly commercial vehicles in all vehicle classes N1 to N3.

StandortTOOL combines car and truck charging infrastructure with hydrogen refuelling stations
The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure at NOW GmbH has added new data and functions to its StandortTOOL location tool. From now on, users can also display charging infrastructure that is specifically suitable for trucks, as well as hydrogen refuelling station infrastructure. These supplement the already extensive data on passenger car charging infrastructure in Germany. The StandortTOOL thereby combines detailed information on charging and refuelling for electric vehicles on a single platform.

New, free e-learning course: successfully developing charging infrastructure for e-trucks at depots
The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure has published a new course on ‘Truck charging infrastructure at the depot’ on its e-learning platform: LadeLernTOOL. The course is free and shows how to successfully set up charging infrastructure for heavy-duty battery-electric commercial vehicles in private areas such as depots.

Regional hydrogen projects: HyExperts guide provides practical knowledge
With the publishing of the new guide: ‘HyExperts – successfully developing regional hydrogen projects’, NOW GmbH provides municipal authorities, companies and regions valuable support in developing a regional hydrogen economy on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV).

State Secretary opens e-truck charging points in Donaueschingen
Thanks to the collaboration between the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), Spedition Gschwander and building materials manufacturer Sto, charging infrastructure for e-trucks has been built and eight battery-electric trucks procured. The switch saves around 30 tonnes of CO₂ at the Sto site of Donaueschingen. The project is a model for sustainable logistics solutions for medium-sized companies in Germany.
