Jan 28, 2026

[MACBETH Validation Workshop] Stakeholder interviews on MCS deployment

Wednesday, December 24th, 2025

The MACBETH project invites you to a high-impact stakeholder workshop focused on discussing the results of more than 60 interviews with key stakeholders across the logistics, vehicle manufacturer, energy, infrastructure and policy ecosystem. The aim was to understand current challenges, needs and expectations related to the deployment and use of Megawatt Charging Systems (MCS) for heavy-duty vehicles.

This online workshop will bring together interview participants to:

Share anonymised, aggregated findings from the interview campaign, grouped by stakeholder cluster.
Validate and refine the identified needs, requirements and use cases for MCS from a user perspective.
Discuss open gaps, priorities and critical conditions for successful MCS deployment at depots, logistics sites and along corridors.

What’s in it for you?

During the workshop, you will:

Get an overview of how other actors (LSPs, shippers, retailers, logistics site owners, CPOs, OEMs) see key barriers and enablers for MCS.
See concrete examples from the interviews, including:
- How users are actually operating battery-electric trucks today (routes, charging patterns, depot vs public)
- How different stakeholders perceive the business case, TCO and investment risks for MCS
- Expectations on site design, grid connections and the role of depots vs corridor hubs
- Initial requirements for booking, digital integration and service quality at future MCS hubs
Benchmark your own views against the aggregated findings from over 60 interviews

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Welcome & opening. Alice Scotti (ALICE)
- Short welcome
- Objectives of the session and practical information
MACBETH project overview. Yancho Todorov (VTT)
- Brief recap of project goals and workplan
- Role of MCS in decarbonising heavy-duty road transport
Task 1: stakeholder interviews & purpose of the workshop. Alice Scotti (ALICE)
- Interviews objectives, scope and methodology
- Who participated?
- What we expect from participants during the session
Key findings by stakeholder cluster.
- Demand-side users (LSPs, freight forwarders, shippers/retailers)
- Logistics facility operators (ports, logistics real estate, safe and secure parking, logistics site owners)
- Charging point operators
- Technology providers (e.g. OEMs, charging infrastructure suppliers and eMSPs)
Interactive feedback and discussion
- Live reactions to the presented findings (polls and chat)
- Open discussion on gaps, misalignments and priorities
- Validation of most critical needs and requirements per cluster
Wrap-up and next steps. Alice Scotti (ALICE)
- Links to upcoming MACBETH events and demonstrations
- Closing remarks

REGISTRATION

This workshop is reserved for those who took part in Macbeth interviews and expressed their interest in attending the session. ALICE TG1 members who do not belong to stakeholder groups involved in the questionnaire will be able to attend after registering if they are willing to take part in the discussion and share their opinions.

A detailed agenda, background note and access link will be shared in January 2026.

The recorded session videos and presentations will be available in the ALICE Knowledge Platform Efficient and Low Emissions Assets and Energy event page:

FLEXMCS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101192657. MACBETH has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101192466. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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