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Sacramento, California — In simply the final three days, California has seen two firsts associated to zero-emission autos: the nation’s first solar-powered electrical truck charging depot and Amazon’s largest electrical truck fleet in any nation.
The 2 milestones illustrate Governor Gavin Newsom’s dedication to building more, faster to realize California’s world-leading local weather targets. In recent times, the state has ramped up its work to construct an even bigger, higher electrical car (EV) charging community to assist each light-duty and heavy-duty ZEVs.
The work is important to attaining the state’s targets of 100% ZEV new automobile gross sales by 2035 and 100% ZEV medium and heavy-duty trucks by 2045. Discover extra ZEV initiatives in your neighborhood at build.ca.gov.
“California continues to lead the way in setting world-leading climate goals. No other state has created the kind of environment where Amazon and WattEV and other businesses can lead on sustainability and take major steps forward like deploying electric trucks and charging infrastructure. California’s climate action continues powering our economy and creating jobs.” — Governor Gavin Newsom
Nation’s first solar-powered EV truck charging depot opens in Bakersfield
California officers helped celebrate the grand opening of WattEV’s third and largest electrical truck charging depot in Bakersfield on Monday. This would be the nation’s first electrical truck cease that includes a solar-powered microgrid with a battery power storage system. The truck depot will serve heavy-duty electrical vehicles with routes connecting the San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural sector and rising distribution warehouse area to the ports of Lengthy Seashore and Los Angeles, and inland locations all through Southern California and the West.
The depot was supported by a $5 million grant from the California Vitality Fee — a part of the Governor’s multi-billion-dollar California Local weather Dedication.
California Air Sources Board Chair Liane Randolph highlighted this project’s significance within the drive to zero-emission truck transport and serving to meet California’s local weather targets.
World’s largest fleet of Amazon electrical vehicles hit Los Angeles roads
California officers joined Los Angeles Mayor Bass and companions from the Biden Administration and the Port of Los Angeles to launch Amazon’s largest fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks on the planet earlier right now. The corporate is rolling out practically 50 heavy-duty electrical vehicles in Southern California, including to a whole lot of electrical vans already deployed all through the state.
The heavy-duty vehicles are a part of the corporate’s first- and middle-mile supply operations — transferring items from the place they’re first manufactured into the corporate’s achievement community. Amazon already has deployed a whole lot of electrical vans all through the state that serve the final portion of supply operations — delivering items from achievement facilities to folks’s houses.
“We’re proud to launch our largest fleet of electric heavy-duty vehicles yet in California,” stated Udit Madan, vice chairman of Worldwide Amazon Operations. “Heavy-duty trucking is a particularly difficult area to decarbonize, which makes us all the more excited to have these vehicles on the road today. We’ll use what we learn from deploying these vehicles as we continue to identify and invest in solutions to reduce emissions in our transportation network, and to impact sustainability in the trucking industry more broadly.”
Press launch courtesy of California Governor Gavin Newsom
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