What does it take to make heavy-duty electrification practical on Europe’s roads? In this episode, Michael Clarke, co-creator of eTrucker, joins us to talk about building a driver-first charging app for electric trucks. With experience from Tesla, Porsche and NIO, Michael shares how the team designed a tool that helps drivers find truly truck-ready charging—complete with filters for pull-through bays, overnight parking and realistic routing.

The e-Trucker story is grounded in real-world driving. Co-founder Tobias Wagner logged 100,000 electric truck kilometres in just one year to shape the database, which launched with 575 truck-suitable charging parks. Within months, community contributions added more than a hundred sites, creating Europe’s largest driver-verified dataset for truck-capable infrastructure.

Highlights include:

• What “truck-ready” means in practice, from site geometry to services that matter for HGVs
• How driver feedback loops improve data quality and verification
• The roadmap ahead for live availability, bookings and scaling across Europe

You can explore the app on iOS (https://apps.apple.com/de/app/etrucker/id6746111803) or Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.etrucker). And to see the story behind the drivers building the future of e-trucking, watch one of their videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U4Uz-tzaJw&t=521s&ab_channel=Elektrotrucker.

This is a hands-on look at how data, feedback and determination are shaping the tools that will make long-haul electrification work.