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WattEV opens electric commercial truck charging depot at Port of Long Beach - largest of its kind in the nation

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화요일, 7월 25, 2023
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LONG BEACH, Calif., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WattEV, one of the nation's leading commercial-truck charging infrastructure developers, has opened the USA's largest charging station of its kind for electric heavy-duty trucks at the Port of Long Beach.

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  • LONG BEACH, Calif., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WattEV, one of the nation's leading commercial-truck charging infrastructure developers, has opened the USA's largest charging station of its kind for electric heavy-duty trucks at the Port of Long Beach.
  • "There was a tremendous amount of effort that went into getting this site operational within 14 months," said Youssefzadeh.
  • The Long Beach depot was actually the last of the four to go under contract and into development, but it's the first to open!"
  • Also delivering remarks at the WattEV grand opening were U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach; Port of Long Beach board President Sharon Weismann; and Katy Sloan of SCE, among others.

WattEV to open nation's largest heavy-duty truck charging depot at Port of Long Beach the week of May 15

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목요일, 5월 4, 2023
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ANAHEIM, Calif., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric transportation developer WattEV announced today that construction of its 26-truck charging plaza at the Port of Long Beach – the largest public truck charging station in the nation – is completed and scheduled to open for public use the week of May 15.

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  • WattEV announced the Long Beach station opening during the annual Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo industry conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.
  • The growing population of heavy-duty electric trucks running in and out of the nation's busiest ocean port complex now can charge up at the nation's largest public electric truck charging spot.
  • The WattEV facility will support the first batch of 14 Nikola electric trucks that will operate on WattEV's zero-emission fleet-transportation platform.
  • "Our truck-charging depot at the Port of Long Beach is a major step towards enabling transporters to transition to zero-emission trucking," Youssefzadeh said.

Dray Alliance Enabling Chassis Availability to Reduce “Dry Runs”

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목요일, 7월 28, 2022
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In 1H 2022, 84% of Dray Alliance’s transactions at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were dual transactions--returning an empty container and freeing up the corresponding chassis to be used for another load. Dray Alliance’s rate of dual transactions was 30% higher than averages reported by four terminals at Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles, according to available data.

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  • LONG BEACH, Calif., July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dray Alliance 's focus on dual transactions is resulting in more chassis availability for its driver network, and reducing dry runs.
  • Dry runs cost everybody time and money, especially drivers said Steve Wen, Co-Founder and CEO, Dray Alliance.
  • Dray Alliance leverages the strength of our carrier network to retrieve empty containers and get them and the chassis back into the terminal and back into circulation.
  • Steve Wen is the Co-founder and CEO of Dray Alliance, and was named to Forbes 2022 30 under 30 list.

WattEV, Port of Long Beach teaming up to build electric-truck charging station at one of USA’s busiest ocean ports

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화요일, 5월 10, 2022
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Long Beach, Calif., May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WattEV and the Port of Long Beach today announced plans for WattEV to build a charging plaza for heavy-duty electric trucks inside the port complex.

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  • Long Beach, Calif., May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WattEV and the Port of Long Beach today announced plans for WattEV to build a charging plaza for heavy-duty electric trucks inside the port complex.
  • This project is an exciting opportunity in WattEVs near-term plans to build an electric-truck charging highway from the Port of Long Beach to Sacramento by the end of 2023, Youssefzadeh said.
  • WattEVs electric charging facility at the Port of Long Beach would be a major step towards encouraging transporters to transition to zero emission trucking, Youssefzadeh said.
  • The Port of Long Beach site would add impetus to fulfilling our vision of leading the transition to electric trucking.