Decarbonising truck stops and motorway service areas – standards published

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published standards on setting up and operating public HGV charging sites.

Targeted primarily for motorway service areas and truck stops, the ‘BSI Flex’ sets out a standardised approach to developing and operating a public HGV charging site safely.

The report outlines the following factors:

• vocabulary and units of measurement.

• charging site layouts

• public access

• approach to segregation between vehicle types (HGVs, PSVs, vans)

• interaction between vehicles and pedestrians

• safety and design implications of charging sites

This BSI Flex will be of interest to logistics providers, electrical grid suppliers, consumer groups and any other parties concerned with charging sites or battery electric HGVs.

Chris Ashley, the RHA’s Net Zero policy lead, said: “I strongly welcome these standards from the British Standards Institute. We know that hauliers and coach operators will want to charge their vehicles enroute at truck stops and motorway service areas. 

"With the publication of these standards, another important piece of the Net Zero jigsaw puzzle falls into place to allow operators and charge point providers plan for this provision”

You can find the report here.