Greenlane Announces 280-Mile Commercial EV Charging Corridor From Los Angeles To Las Vegas

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• Greenlane’s preliminary hall websites can be situated on Interstate 15 in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California, with further websites to attach the hall to Southern Nevada and San Pedro, California.
• The Colton flagship web site will embrace 60 charging stations for heavy-, medium- and light-duty zero-emissions autos (ZEVs).

Because the demand for environment friendly, dependable electrical automobile charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure grows alongside the nation’s freight corridors, Greenlane at the moment introduced its first business EV charging hall with greater than 100 chargers, fashionable facilities designed to extend the consolation of drivers, resilience for top uptime and in the end transferring freight extra effectively. Greenlane is a three way partnership between Daimler Truck North America LLC, NextEra Vitality Sources, LLC, and BlackRock (by way of a fund managed by its Local weather Infrastructure enterprise). The brand new charging hall alongside Interstate 15 goals to speed up the rollout of carbon-neutral freight transportation with preliminary charging places in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California. Over the subsequent yr, additional places can be added alongside the hall, extending past Southern Nevada and to San Pedro in California.

“After considering various factors, such as truck telematics data, frequent freight routes and customer deployment strategy, the Greenlane team selected these three optimal locations for our first commercial charging corridor to accelerate the transition to zero emissions,” stated Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO of Greenlane. “The launch of this corridor not only marks a critical step in addressing the urgent need for publicly available, nationwide electric charging for commercial vehicles but will also serve as a model for the EV charging hubs of the future.”

At full construct the Colton web site is deliberate to have over 60 chargers, together with 400 kW Direct Present Quick Chargers (DCFC) to hurry charging of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission autos (ZEVs). Extra 200 kW DCFC charging choices onsite will allow long-duration and in a single day charging for heavy-duty tractors, medium-duty ZEVs and college buses. Greenlane may also deploy a number of passenger automobile charging stalls to assist light-duty and passenger autos.

Later venture phases will assist each long-duration and in a single day charging lanes for tractor-trailer mixtures. The Greenlane web site in Colton may also be future-proofed to accommodate the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) when commercially out there.

“By using a predictive modeling tool to simulate truck traffic and energy flow at the site, we can determine how many chargers are necessary to meet the regional demand based on vehicle characteristics and departure and arrival times for vehicles hauling freight along this corridor,” stated Macdonald-King. “Our findings indicated that placing the three stations approximately 60 to 90 miles apart would maximize uptime for day-cab drivers by enabling shorter charging sessions at each stop and ultimately allowing customers to move freight confidently without any limitations.”

Designed to improve and improve the present relaxation cease expertise, every Greenlane web site could have extensive pull-through lanes, permitting drivers to enter and exit the property rapidly and simply. Whereas ready for autos to cost, drivers can entry fashionable services, with restrooms and different facilities, together with meals and beverage choices.

Greenlane goals to develop a nationwide community of business charging infrastructure places throughout the U.S. The charging websites may also serve battery-electric passenger automobile and light-duty fleet prospects and are designed to supply hydrogen refueling for business autos within the coming years.

Greenlane is focusing on a spring groundbreaking on the Colton flagship web site, aiming to open in late 2024. Situated on the intersection of Interstates 10 and 215, the Colton hub will supply a number of methods for heavy-, medium- and light-duty ZEV drivers to cost their autos.

For extra, go to www.drivegreenlane.com