WattEV, a supplier of charging infrastructure for industrial electrical vehicles, just lately celebrated the opening of an enormous public EV charging depot on the Port of Lengthy Seashore. Now the corporate has secured $40.5 million in grants to construct two extra electrical truck stops in Northern California and Oregon.

WattEV has been awarded two separate grants: one for a truck charging depot close to Sacramento, and one other for a depot in Salem, Oregon.

WattEV has secured a $34-million federal grant by means of the California Transportation Fee to construct and function an EV charging depot on 100 acres of land instantly south of Sacramento Worldwide Airport on Interstate 5.

The charging hub is predicted to open in mid- to late-2025 with 15.6 MW of solar energy, supplemented by 7.2 MW of grid energy provided by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. It is going to have 30 DC quick chargers for passenger autos, 90 high-power CCS-1 chargers for medium- and heavy-duty industrial EVs, and 18 megawatt-level chargers for pass-through charging of industrial quality vehicles utilizing the upcoming Megawatt Charging Commonplace (MCS).

“Sacramento Worldwide Airport’s proximity to one in every of largest items distribution facilities within the state makes this an excellent location to serve California’s Electrical Freeway,” mentioned Cindy Nichol, Director of the Sacramento County Division of Airports.

“We picked our web site in Sacramento due to its strategic location subsequent to the Metro Air Park Logistics Middle, the place 10 million sq. ft of warehouse area is deliberate, and its shut proximity to downtown Sacramento,” defined WattEV co-founder and CEO Salim Youssefzadeh. “We not solely have the demand for regional distribution in Sacramento County, however we even have present shippers asking us to move freight from their logistic facilities within the Los Angeles space to distribution facilities of shops in Sacramento.”

WattEV additionally received $6.5 million from the Oregon Division of Environmental High quality to construct a 6-acre EV charging depot in Salem, Oregon, which might be grid-connected in cooperation with Portland Normal Electrical.

Planning for the Salem electrical truck cease contains 30 CCS 240 kW chargers and 6 MCS 1,200 kW chargers. It’s anticipated to open in 2025 as nicely.

“These grant awards will permit us to fulfill our plans to broaden our community of electric-truck charging depots from the Mexican border to Portland, Oregon, through Interstate 5,” mentioned Youssefzadeh. “We’re constructing out the West Coast hall whereas additionally reaching eastward alongside the I-10 towards Arizona and Texas and, finally, to the East Coast.”

Supply: WattEV