With a power of more than 1,000 kW, it will be fully operational in July and will allow up to 80% of a truck's battery to be charged in just 30 minutes

Disfrimur will have the first Megawatt Charging System (MCS) charger for trucks in Spain

The announcement is part of the agreement between Iberdrola | bp pulse and Disfrimur for the provision of state-of-the-art charging infrastructure at the carrier's facilities, starting with the Mediterranean corridor

Manufactured by the Spanish company Power Electronics, it will be located at the Disfrimur facilities, in Sangonera la Seca, Murcia

Iberdrola | bp pulse will commission the first MCS (Megawatt Charging System) charger for heavy-duty electric vehicles in Southern Europe. It will be manufactured by the Spanish company Power Electronics, and will be located in Murcia, at the logistics base of Disfrimur, the company dedicated to the transport and logistics of goods, and will have a power of more than 1,000 kW

This collaboration agreement, a pioneer in southern Europe, aims to reinforce the purpose of both companies to become part of the solution to meet the challenges of electrification of heavy-duty vehicles and meet the EU's decarbonisation targets.

MCS chargers are specifically designed for heavy-duty electric vehicles, such as trucks and buses, as they allow ultra-fast charging of their batteries from 10% to 80% in just about 30 minutes. The batteries of these new generation vehicles will be between 600 and 1,000 kWh, which is equivalent to between two and three times the energy consumed in a month by a Spanish household. Its high power also allows the range to be extended by between 300 and 400 kilometres during the mandatory rest periods according to the European Regulation, which sets a stop of 45 minutes every four and a half hours of driving.

The development of this infrastructure is critical to support the widespread transition to electric truck fleets (eHGVs) and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the trucking sector.

The road transport sector was responsible for 28.1% of Spain's total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2022. Trucks, in turn, account for 25% of total emissions from the transport sector. This milestone is the first step towards the electrification of the Mediterranean road freight corridor, allowing long distances, a fact that will contribute to reducing emissions from the transport sector.

This project is part of Disfrimur's strategy, under the name of “Invisible Transport”, which seeks to reduce the carbon footprint through the continuous renewal of its fleet, the incorporation of vehicles that use alternative fuels and the calculation, reduction and compensation of CO2 emissions.