San Francisco, California-based EV Realty has just announced its biggest and certainly most important project since its 2022 founding.
The Charging as a Solution (CaaS) company broke ground Thursday on its first large-scale truck charging hub located near the San Bernardino Intermodal Facility, a key freight corridor in the Inland Empire, a region known for its many distribution warehouses along with nearly 17,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks in active service. Interstates 10 and 215, key connectors from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, are also nearby
With over 60 million square feet of surrounding industrial warehouse space, the new site will feature 9.9 MW of grid capacity and 76 DC fast chargers, including megawatt pull-through stalls (a must-have for commercial trucking), to support both regional and short-haul fleets.
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Backed by the South Coast AQMD and a conditional EnergIIZE award from the California Energy Commission, the hub is set to open later this year. Additional project funding comes from an additional $75 million investment from private equity investor NGP along with "contributions from EV Realty's management team."
Blending a deep understanding of fleet operations, proprietary analytics, and energy sector expertise, EV Realty says it wants to transform prime industrial warehouse hubs into "grid-ready" charging sites that are strategically developed to power the future of freight and logistics where it's needed most.
"The market is experiencing near-term challenges, but the longer-term trend toward fleet electrification is unmistakable – vehicle technology is improving, battery costs are falling and we’re enabling customers to make the transition economically today. Our strategy is built for stability amid changing policies and industry conditions, ensuring we can deliver reliable, cost-effective charging solutions for fleets," said EV Realty CEO Patrick Sullivan. "As a long-term partner, NGP shares our vision, and today’s groundbreaking on our first large-scale site in San Bernardino is a major step toward making this vision a reality."
EV Realty was in the news last month thanks to its new partnership deal with real estate investment firm Prologis to streamline fleet charging access for commercial fleets and support the ongoing expansion of zero-emission freight operations.
