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The episode discusses the challenges of electrifying transport and the importance of energy infrastructure with guest Carl-Magnus Norden.

Subscribe to the newsletter: New Wave | Hugo Rauch | Substack **** 🌊 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…

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