Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Heliox have forged a partnership to deliver electric bus and truck charging infrastructure across Europe.
Using a “charging-as-a-service” model, the partnership will own and fund the construction of charging infrastructure and maintain charging facilities on behalf of customers. GIG and Heliox will focus on high-growth EV markets, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom.
According to the companies, transport accounts for 14 percent of global emissions, and road vehicles account for nearly three-quarters of those emissions. In response, the European Union has called for 45 percent and 65 percent of newly registered buses in 2025 and 2030, respectively, to be required to have an electric drivetrain. New truck emissions are to reduce 35 percent by 2030; and in the Netherlands, all new public buses are required to be emissions free from 2025.
“The transport sector presents one of the wor
