September 21st Radar

Your weekly European EV charging and energy industry briefing, produced by FLEXECHARGE. This week the megawatt moved from demonstration to market. Milence and Alpitronic formalised their partnership to deploy MCS on European TEN-T truck corridors, following a live megawatt charge at IAA Transportation 2026 with Daimler Truck, MAN, and Scania on press day. Volkswagen Group and Elli confirmed a Q4 2026 volume-market V2G launch in Germany — Elli BiDi Charger, Naturstrom V2G Flow tariff, and Elli BiDi App — for approximately one million MEB vehicles. Chargalytics put two numbers on the table: Tesla's Megacharger at €163,000 per unit, and Daimler's exposure of €120 million for every percentage point missed on its 2030 EU truck CO2 target. ENTSO-E said publicly that the EU Electrification Action Plan depends on faster grid investment, flexibility mechanisms, and connection reform. Plus: Digital Charging Solutions expands its Preferred Partner Network to 27 European markets, and ABB E-Mobility partners with elexon on depot charging for commercial fleets in Germany and Austria. Chapters (00:00) Introduction (01:30) Milence and Alpitronic: MCS Partnership for European Truck Corridors (07:00) Digital Charging Solutions: Preferred Partner Network Expands to 27 Markets (10:00) Volkswagen and Elli: V2G Volume-Market Launch, Germany Q4 2026 (14:30) ENTSO-E: Grid Investment and Flexibility Are Non-Negotiable (17:30) Chargalytics: Tesla Priced the Megacharger. Daimler Priced the Fine. (21:30) ABB E-Mobility and elexon: End-to-End Depot Charging, DACH Sources Milence + Alpitronic MCS partnership — https://www.electrive.com/2026/09/16/milence-and-alpitronic-announce-megawatt-charging-partnership/ IAA Transportation 2026 MCS demonstration — https://www.iaa-transportation.com/en/press/press-releases/iaa-press-releases/megawatt-charging-trucks-iaa-transportation-2026 Milence at IAA — https://milence.com/newsroom/megawatt-charging-impresses-at-iaa-transportation-2026/ Digital Charging Solutions Preferred Partner Network — https://www.electrive.com/2026/09/17/dcs-expands-preferred-partner-network-across-17-european-markets/ Volkswagen Group + Elli V2G volume launch — https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/press-releases/electric-vehicle-batteries-as-grid-storage-volkswagen-and-elli-to-launch-vehicle-to-grid-offer-20329 ENTSO-E Electrification Action Plan position — https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/09/15/delivering-on-the-electrification-action-plan-investment-in-grids-flexibility-and-faster-connections-will-drive-step-change/ Chargalytics — Tesla Megacharger + Daimler fine — https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-09-18 ABB E-Mobility + elexon depot charging — https://e-mobility.abb.com/it/node/384