Electricity is the new gold! Will logistics properties without megawatt chargers become stranded assets in the future?

Electric commercial vehicles have long been established: in logistics as electric forklifts, in regional transport as 7.5-tonne trucks and in last-mile delivery as electric vans. The existing charging infrastructure and grid capacities have generally been sufficient for these applications to date.

What is new is that, as of this year, electric trucks for long-distance transport are available in series production – no longer just in test operation. This will require charging capacities of 400 kW to 1 MW in the future. Electric trucks are coming and will replace a significant portion of today's fossil fuel-powered truck fleets in the medium term. This is based on the EU fleet limits for heavy commercial vehicles to reduce CO₂ emissions starting this year, which will become even stricter from 2030 onwards.

What does this mean for logistics companies? Where will we be in 2025, what challenges and opportunities are there – and how can the targets be achieved?

We will be attending the Logistics Real Estate Expert Dialogue as guests and look forward to the exchange – especially on issues relating to e-charging infrastructure in the commercial and industrial sectors.

Details

• Thursday, 11 September 2025, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• DLA Piper, Augustinerstr. 10, 50667 Cologne