MAN has launched its new Charge&Go charging service designed to help truck drivers find truck-compatible charging points throughout Europe and streamline payment of the charging current at attractive conditions with a charging card. A special feature of MAN Charge&Go is the unique MAN eTruck ready standard.
The truck-compatible charging network currently comprises around 650 locations. By the end of 2025, MAN expects it to comprise around 1,000 charging locations will comply with the eTruck ready standard. In addition, the MAN Charge&Go charging card will be accepted at more than 15,000 other charging locations across Europe.
MAN highlighted that it developed the eTruck-ready standard to ensure that charging in public does not end at unsuitable car charging points. This, the company says, helps customers to find truck-compatible charging points. Maneuverability and height and weight restrictions, for example, are among the criteria of the eTruck ready standard. In the MAN Charge&Go digital map, the truck-compatible charging points are listed in two levels: eTruck ready and eTruck limited. While eTruck-ready shows unrestricted truck charging points, the charging points labelled as limited have restrictions – e.g. in terms of vehicle length.
MAN Charge&Go focuses on offering customers simple and reliable handling of the charging process at charging points from different providers. Here, the eTruck driver authenticates themselves at the charging station with the corresponding card, while the payment process is handled in the background. A consolidated and transparent invoice at the end of the month then provides an overview of the charging costs for the entire fleet at all charging points used. MAN Charge&Go uses the charging network with Preferred Partners from TRATON Charging Solutions.
MAN Charge&Go is integrated into MAN’s digital ecosystem, through which the company aims to support convenient, time-efficient, planning and work for dispatchers and drivers. In practice, this can allow for charging locations to be displayed in either the vehicle or in the MAN DriverApp. The MAN Charge&Go Service Portal ensures clarity by detailing charging costs, while offering an overview of the charging cards at all times.
