Shared depot charging unlocks a 320-mile electric HGV route

A Pollock lorry behind a man in a high vis jacket paying at a charging point.

Gregory Group is using Stagecoach’s Inverness bus depot to charge electric HGVs operating a daily route of more than 320 miles.

The agreement uses existing high-powered infrastructure through Stagecoach’s Chargd initiative rather than requiring Gregory to build equivalent charging at every point on the route.

For fleet operators, this demonstrates how shared infrastructure could solve one of the biggest barriers to electric HGV deployment.

The vehicle may already be capable of completing demanding work, but electrification can stall if suitable charging is unavailable where the truck needs it.

Managers should therefore look beyond their own depots when planning electric-truck routes. Bus operators, logistics businesses, shared charging hubs and other commercial sites could all become potential infrastructure partners.

There is also an opportunity for fleets with under-used charging capacity to generate value by opening it to other operators.

The wider lesson is that heavy-fleet electrification may increasingly depend on collaboration rather than every business building a completely separate charging network.

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