California’s current adoption of the ACF regulation, which is able to section out diesel vehicles over the following few years, has highlighted the urgent want for heavy-duty EV charging infrastructure.

WattEV is doing its half. Development of its 26-truck charging plaza on the Port of Lengthy Seaside is full, and the corporate, together with charging requirements group CharIN and different companions, celebrated with an occasion known as the VOLTS convention, at which the amenities have been examined with a wide range of heavy-duty EVs. The brand new charging hub opens for public use in mid-Could.

WattEV’s POLB e-truck charging plaza presently options 26 charging bays utilizing CCS charging stations to offer energy at as much as 360 kW. When vehicles with megawatt charging functionality grow to be obtainable, the corporate plans to open 4 extra pass-through e-truck bays, that includes the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), which may ship as much as 1.2 megawatts.

The WattEV depot is adjoining to the Pier A terminal on the Port of Lengthy Seaside, and can serve heavy-duty electrical vehicles with routes connecting to inland locations all through Southern California.

The mixed ports of Lengthy Seaside and Los Angeles obtain some 40 % of the nation’s containerized imports. They’re served by over 20,000 diesel-spewing vehicles, 25 % of that are greater than 10 years previous. Each ports have set a aim of going 100% zero-emission by 2035.

Whereas WattEV’s charging hubs will likely be open to all EV operators, the corporate’s personal fleet transportation platform is an integral a part of its enterprise mannequin. The corporate will begin with 14 Nikola electrical vehicles, and plans to deploy greater than 100 electrical vehicles by the tip of 2023.

Salim Youssefzadeh, CEO of WattEV, stated the POLB charging depot is the primary of a number of deliberate all through California, together with warehouse districts in close by Gardena and inland close to San Bernardino. “This charging station is the southern anchor of our deliberate electric-truck charging freight hall, which is able to incrementally connect with all the key freight routes all through California, Oregon, Arizona and Nevada.”

Supply: WattEV