‘Time is running out’ to build more electric truck chargers in Europe

The world’s biggest commercial-vehicle maker warned that slow progress adding charging infrastructure is threatening the shift to zero-emission trucking. The lack of electric truck chargers in Europe and the US “is my biggest concern,” Martin Daum, who heads Daimler Truck Holding AG, said in an interview. He cited lengthy permitting and the challenges of installing megawatt-level charging stations that could require the peak power demand of a small town. The German manufacturer reports first-quarter earnings on Friday. Daimler Truck, Volvo and Volkswagen’s Traton are under growing regulatory pressure to cut...