Greenlane unveiled plans for a 280-mile electric truck charging corridor along Interstate 15 in California, with initial sites in Colton, Barstow and Baker, in an announcement last month.
Truck telematics data, frequent freight routes and customer deployment strategy guided Greenlane to the I-15 corridor. Additional charging sites are expected to extend to San Pedro over the next year.
“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,” Greenlane CEO Patrick Macdonald-King said in the announcement.
As trucking industry stakeholders point to costly and sparse charging infrastructure as a primary barrier to further EV truck adoption, Greenlane is working on building it.
The joint venture of Daimler Truck North America, NextEra Energy Resources and BlackRock plans to build out such corridors across the country. The I-15 corridor announcement followed the federal Joint Office of Energy and Transportation’s release of a plan to guide truck charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure deployment through 2040.
The initial charging stations, about 60 to 90 miles apart, are designed to 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,” Macdonald-King said.
The Colton site will also be future-proofed to accommodate the Megawatt Charging System when commercially available, among later phases of the project to support long-duration and overnight charging for tractor-trailers.
Greenlane is aiming to break ground this spring on the Colton flagship site and open it later this year.
The charging sites will also serve passenger EVs and light-duty trucks, and they are designed to refuel hydrogen-powered trucks in the coming years.
