Volvo Trucks North America is joining forces with Volvo Financial Services, Volvo Technology of America, Shell Recharge Solutions, TEC Equipment, Affinity Truck Center and Western Truck Center to develop a publicly accessible medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle charging network that connects several of California’s largest metropolitan areas. With an award from the California Energy Commission of USD 2 million under BESTFIT, the Electrified Charging Corridor Project will address key barriers to long-range MHD EV deployments and accelerate widespread adoption. The project will get underway in 2022, with all five stations anticipated to be online by the end of 2023.During the next 18 months, the project will deploy high-powered chargers at several existing Volvo Trucks’ dealership locations in Central and Northern California, including TEC Equipment Oakland, TEC Equipment Dixon, Western Truck Center in Stockton, and Affinity Truck Centers in Fresno and Bakersfield. They will serve as an extension to chargers already available at the TEC Fontana and TEC La Mirada locations in Southern California. With publicly accessible charging stations strategically located at convenient intervals, fleets utilizing battery-electric trucks will be able to complete zero-tailpipe emissions routes between Southern, Central, and Northern California.The Electrified Charging Corridor Project has the goal of enabling convenient charging forSmall business fleets that want to avoid making major financial investments in large-scale charging infrastructure at their siteFleets looking to pilot an electric vehicle through rental and short-term lease opportunitiesFleets that need an OEM-neutral location to “opportunity charge” along their route
Volvo Trucks North America is joining forces with Volvo Financial Services, Volvo Technology of America, Shell Recharge Solutions, TEC Equipment, Affinity Truck Center and Western Truck Center to develop a publicly accessible medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle charging network that connects several of California’s largest metropolitan areas. With an award from the California Energy Commission of USD 2 million under BESTFIT, the Electrified Charging Corridor Project will address key barriers to long-range MHD EV deployments and accelerate widespread adoption. The project will get underway in 2022, with all five stations anticipated to be online by the end of 2023.During the next 18 months, the project will deploy high-powered chargers at several existing Volvo Trucks’ dealership locations in Central and Northern California, including TEC Equipment Oakland, TEC Equipment Dixon, Western Truck Center in Stockton, and Affinity Truck Centers in Fresno and Bakersfield. They will serve as an extension to chargers already available at the TEC Fontana and TEC La Mirada locations in Southern California. With publicly accessible charging stations strategically located at convenient intervals, fleets utilizing battery-electric trucks will be able to complete zero-tailpipe emissions routes between Southern, Central, and Northern California.The Electrified Charging Corridor Project has the goal of enabling convenient charging forSmall business fleets that want to avoid making major financial investments in large-scale charging infrastructure at their siteFleets looking to pilot an electric vehicle through rental and short-term lease opportunitiesFleets that need an OEM-neutral location to “opportunity charge” along their route
