{"id":34934,"date":"2025-02-12T17:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=34934"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:46:44","slug":"milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Milence<\/strong> announces it obtained about <strong>\u20ac111 million EU funding <\/strong>for keeping on building <strong>charging infrastructure hubs in Europe<\/strong>. The project\u00a0MILES (Mobility Infrastructure for Logistics \u2013 Electric &amp; Sustainable)\u00a0is part of twin applications submitted by Milence to establish the first pan-European network of charging points for heavy-duty electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this project, Milence\u00a0<strong>will deploy 284 MCS and 264 CCS charging points<\/strong>\u00a0in 71 locations across 10 EU member states, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Poland. Also, next week Milence will <a href=\"http:\/\/v\">inaugurate its first charging hub in Northern Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milence is a\u00a0<strong>joint venture formed by Traton Group, Volvo Group, and Daimler Truck AG<\/strong> and has the target of building 1,700 charging stations for heavy-duty electric vehicles in Europe in the next few years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milence: chargers for heavy-duty vehicles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All this is included in the AFIF (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility), ensuring a total grant of \u20ac422 million. \u201cThis investment is&nbsp;<strong>an important step in positioning Europe as the global leader in sustainable road transport<\/strong>, where decarbonization drives both environmental progress and economic prosperity\u201d, stated Milence in a press note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing selected as a leading project and receiving a large share of EU funding is a testament to the remarkable progress Milence has made in just two years\u201d, said\u00a0<strong>Anja van Niersen, CEO of Milence<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainabletruckvan.com\/milence-ceo-interview-anja-van-niersen\/\">HERE interviewed by our sister media platform Sustainable Truck &amp; Van<\/a>). \u201cIt reflects the trust we\u2019ve built in our ability to deploy Europe\u2019s largest public charging network for heavy-duty electric vehicles.\u00a0<strong>The AFIF\u2019s call is an important step towards making HDV charging hubs strategic pillars of Europe\u2019s transport future<\/strong>. This is a continental mission and working together is essential. I congratulate all funded projects and am happy to join forces in building a more sustainable future for Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES (Mobility Infrastructure for Logistics \u2013 Electric &amp; Sustainable)\u00a0is part of twin applications submitted by Milence to establish the first pan-European network of charging points for heavy-duty electric vehicles. Through this project, Milence\u00a0will deploy 284 MCS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1109],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways - Sustainable Bus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways - Sustainable Bus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sustainable Bus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sustainable.bus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-12T16:46:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-12T16:46:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editorial Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editorial Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/\",\"name\":\"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways - Sustainable Bus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-12T16:46:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-12T16:46:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e15e2f4cc5f1330067791d8db9eb36b8\"},\"description\":\"Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"milence funding\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainable Bus\",\"description\":\"Electric bus, alternative fueled bus and sustainable public transport systems\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e15e2f4cc5f1330067791d8db9eb36b8\",\"name\":\"Editorial Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c51386270e59c19d369700bcb024b58b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c51386270e59c19d369700bcb024b58b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editorial Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/author\/dhk67gfkd3w\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways - Sustainable Bus","description":"Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways - Sustainable Bus","og_description":"Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/","og_site_name":"Sustainable Bus","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sustainable.bus\/","article_published_time":"2025-02-12T16:46:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-12T16:46:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Editorial Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editorial Staff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/","name":"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways - Sustainable Bus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png","datePublished":"2025-02-12T16:46:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-12T16:46:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e15e2f4cc5f1330067791d8db9eb36b8"},"description":"Milence announces it obtained about \u20ac111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project\u00a0MILES","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/milence-sweden-1920x1080-1.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"milence funding"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/infrastructure\/milence-funding-eu-chargers-heavy-duty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EU has awarded \u20ac111 million to Milence for installation of heavy-duty chargers on highways"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/","name":"Sustainable Bus","description":"Electric bus, alternative fueled bus and sustainable public transport systems","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e15e2f4cc5f1330067791d8db9eb36b8","name":"Editorial Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c51386270e59c19d369700bcb024b58b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c51386270e59c19d369700bcb024b58b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editorial Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/author\/dhk67gfkd3w\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34936,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34934\/revisions\/34936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}