Depotcharge has raised €2.7 million in pre-seed financing and partnered with Germany’s Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Disposal, BGL e.V., to launch a nationwide depot-charging network designed to expand access to infrastructure for electric trucks.
The new network, called BGL Charge, will allow logistics companies to make unused charging capacity at their own depots available to other fleets, creating a shared network from infrastructure that has already been installed across Germany.
BGL represents around 7,000 companies organized through its regional associations. E.L.V.I.S. AG, a logistics purchasing cooperative with more than 250 partner companies across over 350 locations, is also supporting the initiative and bringing its community into the network.
More than 200 companies operating around 600 electric trucks are already registered on the Depotcharge platform, according to the company.
Turning Private Depots Into Shared Charging Infrastructure
The initiative targets one of the main infrastructure challenges facing the electrification of road freight: logistics operators are installing private charging stations for their own electric trucks, but portions of that capacity can remain unused during parts of the day.
BGL Charge is designed to connect those individual charging points and make available capacity accessible to other participating fleets.
Depot operators retain control over pricing, availability and access conditions. The platform manages functions including access control, invoicing, payment processing and marketing.
Importantly, Depotcharge says the system operates independently of the charging hardware, backend provider or vehicle manufacturer, allowing different existing depot systems to participate in the same network.
“Our members need charging infrastructure that is predictable, available and economical,” BGL Executive Board spokesman Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt said in the announcement.
“The more companies share their depot capacity, the stronger the network becomes for everyone,” he added.
German Network Builds on Swiss Model
The German rollout follows a similar model launched in Switzerland earlier this year.
Since May 2026, Depotcharge has worked with Swiss transport association ASTAG on ASTAG Charge, a network designed to connect depot-charging infrastructure across Switzerland.
Depotcharge co-founder and CEO Joscha Specks said the company now plans to use the same approach with BGL and E.L.V.I.S. in Germany.
“Our goal for the next two years is to build the leading charging network for electric road freight in the DACH region and the Benelux together with our association partners,” Specks said.
The company has also been active in the Benelux region through a local sales partner since September.
Depotcharge Secures €2.7 Million Pre-Seed Round
Alongside the BGL partnership, Munich-based Depotcharge announced the closing of a €2.7 million pre-seed financing round.
The investment was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, or HTGF, with participation from xdeck Ventures, Kopa Ventures and Prequel Ventures, as well as business angels from the logistics, electric-mobility and energy industries.
Depotcharge plans to use the capital to expand internationally and further develop its technology platform.
One priority is integrating charging more directly into everyday fleet-dispatch operations. Planned capabilities include reservations, open interfaces and connections with existing transport-management systems.
“Charging has to fit into everyday transport operations as naturally as refuelling does today,” Depotcharge co-founder and CPTO Julius Wilhelm said.
Electric Truck Adoption Increases Need for Charging
The investment comes as the logistics industry faces the challenge of building charging infrastructure alongside the adoption of battery-electric heavy-duty vehicles.
HTGF Senior Investment Manager Timo Bertsch said in the announcement that more than 60% of depot-charging capacity remains unused, while carriers can simultaneously be dependent on more expensive public charging infrastructure.
Depotcharge’s model attempts to address that imbalance without requiring every operator to build an entirely independent charging network.
Instead, the company is effectively creating a marketplace for existing private charging capacity: participating logistics businesses can generate additional utilization at their own depots while gaining access to charging infrastructure operated by other companies.
The combination of the BGL partnership and new financing gives Depotcharge a pathway to expand that model beyond individual logistics companies and establish interconnected charging networks through industry associations across multiple European markets.
