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š Charging the Transition
Why electric trucks wonāt scale without rethinking energy infrastructure
Weāre joined by a Carl-Magnus Norden, a veteran entrepreneur and founder of Decade Energy, previously behind Volta Trucks, one of Europeās most ambitious electric truck startups.
In this episode, we dive into why electrifying transport isnāt just a vehicle problem, itās 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:
ā Why the āelectric vs hydrogenā debate is effectively over for trucks
ā Lessons from building (and losing) Volta Trucks, and why it still mattered
ā Why trucking is a ābig boys gameā requiring massive upfront capital
ā The real bottleneck: grid access, not vehicle technology
ā Why depots are the key to scaling truck charging
ā Decadeās strategy: secure power before trucks arrive
ā Turning battery storage into revenue via grid services
ā Europe vs China vs Tesla: who wins the electric truck race?
ā Why resilience and energy independence are becoming critical drivers
ā The long-term vision: software orchestrating trucks, batteries, and grids
At the core: the transition wonāt fail because of trucks, it will fail because of power.
Letās go electric!