California State Route 119

WattEV opens world’s largest solar-powered truck charging depot, fourth station to open in one year

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火曜日, 5月 7, 2024
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The WattEV Bakersfield depot will connect the San Joaquin Valley’s vast agricultural sector and growing warehousing complexes to California’s seaports and inland destinations.

Key Points: 
  • The WattEV Bakersfield depot will connect the San Joaquin Valley’s vast agricultural sector and growing warehousing complexes to California’s seaports and inland destinations.
  • This is the world’s first electric truck stop featuring a solar-powered microgrid with a battery energy storage system (BESS), and is capable of megawatt rapid charging (MCS).
  • Significantly, the MCS chargers will bring down truck charging “dwell time” from hours to less than 30 minutes, said WattEV CEO Salim Youssefzadeh.
  • WattEV has spent the past three years building out the first freight corridors in the nation for public-access, MHD electric vehicle charging.