California-headquartered warehousing and distribution supplier Efficiency Workforce (a Maersk firm) and California-headquartered logistics actual property leasing firm Prologis have opened a 9 MW EV truck charging depot in Los Angeles.
The Denker depot joins Efficiency Workforce’s different Southern California services in Santa Fe Springs and Commerce, that are additionally outfitted with Prologis Mobility charging infrastructure and supply 4 MW of charging capability.
The brand new depot is situated close to the ports of Los Angeles and Lengthy Seaside. It might concurrently cost 96 heavy-duty vehicles. Efficiency Workforce will use the power for its fleet of Volvo VNR Electrical vehicles, every of which has a spread of 240 miles.
Moderately than ready as much as two years for a grid improve, the corporate, at the side of Mainspring Vitality, constructed a microgrid that makes use of 2.75 MW of fuel-flexible, hydrogen-ready linear turbines together with 18 MWh of batteries.
“To carry the depot on-line rapidly we delivered an modern on-demand charging answer as an interim energy connection measure,” mentioned Henrik Holland, World Head of Prologis Mobility.
Supply: Prologis