The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and CALSTART have formed a first-of-its-kind collaboration to develop a megawatt truck charging infrastructure.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $13 million to the EPRI and CALSTART for building high-power charging infrastructure along California freight corridors.
"CALSTART is committed to a community-first stakeholder engagement approach to advance high-power charging at publicly accessible sites in Southern California," EPRI President and CEO Arshad Mansoor said in a Jan. 19 press release. "Electrifying transportation is central to the clean energy transition, and this project has tremendous value in the adoption of electric, zero-emission trucks along one of the heaviest traveled corridors in Southern California."
The project will work toward developing high-power chargers that can provide 100 miles of range in less than 10 minutes and cost less than $500.
"The California Energy Commission is proud to support this unique, forward-thinking project," CEC Chair David Hochschild said. "Transportation electrification has been one of the CEC's top priorities the last few years, and this demonstration will provide a glimpse into what the larger future will look like for the trucking industry in the state, not to mention the benefits that will come, especially for those communities so heavily impacted today by pollution from fossil fuel-powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles."
Project partners include DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Paul International, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, etc.
