EV Realty adds Inland Empire electric truck charging hub — SkimNews
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- EV Realty acquired a new site at 2151 E. Philadelphia Street in Ontario, California, for its next electric semi truck charging hub — located in what's billed as the West Coast's largest and most concentrated warehousing submarket.
- The site sits near the east-west SR-60 and north-south I-15 freeways, is positioned to serve the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and intermodal facilities in LA and San Bernardino, and is three miles from Ontario International Airport — one of the top 10 cargo airports in the country and home to major air freight operations for UPS and FedEx.
- EV Realty CEO Patrick Sullivan said the site will bring the company to 27 MW of simultaneous truck charging capacity between the ports and the Inland Empire, calling the region 'the epicenter of truck electrification for this country.'
- Construction is expected to begin early next year, with chargers coming online before 2028.
- The article flags that Southern California's grid capacity is 'severely constrained in many areas,' which EV Realty says underscores the value of locking in this high-capacity site for fleet operators.
- Charging demand is being driven by record diesel prices, with BYD and Volvo rolling out third-generation electric trucks and the Tesla Semi allegedly entering production after nearly a decade of waiting.
Why it matters: EV Realty is staking a claim at the nation's busiest container gateway, where constrained grid capacity makes high-capacity sites scarce. Adding 27 MW of simultaneous truck charging between the Ports of LA/Long Beach and the Inland Empire gives early movers a structural edge as record diesel prices push fleets toward electric — with chargers live before 2028.
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