Ep. 23: Michael Clarke eTrucker app founder on Driver-Built Tools, Truck-Ready Charging and Scaling e-Trucker

Episode von Smart Charge by RiDERgy von Claudio Geyken · 26. August 2025 · 1 h 50 min

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.

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