The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a notice of intent (DE-FOA-0003352) to fund projects that would provide innovative research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of concepts for delivering charging solutions for trucks.

The opportunity also supports approaches for load management and delivery of grid services that alleviate grid capacity challenges at charging installations for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. The SuperTruck Charge program will focus on demonstrating technologies to accelerate the widespread buildout of the charging infrastructure necessary for battery electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

The Area of Interest is Grid-integration of Depot/Hub and Corridor Charging Solutions for Medium- and Heavy-Duty EVs. This area of interest will seek innovative RD&D concepts for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles through optimal design of charging infrastructure and operations.

The DOE anticipates sub-topics focusing on:

• Truck depots concentrated near ports, warehouses, and other logistics operations; and

• Truck stops/travel centers along key freight corridors.

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) only. DOE may issue the described funding opportunity announcement (FOA), may issue a FOA that is significantly different than the described FOA, or DOE may not issue a FOA at all.