#90 - Carl-Magnus Norden - Decade Energy - Powering the next generation of trucks

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🌊 Charging the Transition

Why electric trucks won’t scale without rethinking energy infrastructure

We’re joined by a Carl-Magnus Norden, a veteran entrepreneur and founder of Decade Energy, previously behind Volta Trucks, one of Europe’s most ambitious electric truck startups.

In this episode, we dive into why electrifying transport isn’t just a vehicle problem, it’s an energy system problem, and unpack what it really takes to build the infrastructure layer before the demand fully arrives.

In our conversation, we covered:

→ Why the “electric vs hydrogen” debate is effectively over for trucks

→ Lessons from building (and losing) Volta Trucks, and why it still mattered

→ Why trucking is a “big boys game” requiring massive upfront capital

→ The real bottleneck: grid access, not vehicle technology

→ Why depots are the key to scaling truck charging

→ Decade’s strategy: secure power before trucks arrive

→ Turning battery storage into revenue via grid services

→ Europe vs China vs Tesla: who wins the electric truck race?

→ Why resilience and energy independence are becoming critical drivers

→ The long-term vision: software orchestrating trucks, batteries, and grids

At the core: the transition won’t fail because of trucks, it will fail because of power.

Let’s go electric!