EV Realty Adds Inland Empire Semi Truck Charging Hub — SkimNews
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- EV Realty acquired a new site this week at 2151 E. Philadelphia Street in Ontario for its next commercial electric semi truck charging hub, calling the Inland Empire the West Coast's largest warehousing submarket.
- The site sits near east-west SR-60 and north-south I-15 freeways and is positioned to charge fleets serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and intermodal facilities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino.
- The location is three miles from Ontario International Airport, one of the top 10 cargo airports in the country and home to air freight operations for UPS and FedEx.
- EV Realty CEO Patrick Sullivan said that once the site is online, EV Realty will have 27 MW of simultaneous truck charging capacity between the ports and the Inland Empire, adding 'This is how we start to see real scale.'
- The source notes that Southern California grid capacity is severely constrained in many areas, a constraint EV Realty argues underscores the value of securing high-capacity sites for fleet operators.
- EV Realty expects construction to begin early next year, with chargers coming online before 2028, as third-generation electric trucks from BYD, Volvo, and the Tesla Semi reach fleets.
Why it matters: Ontario sits at the convergence of the nation's largest container gateway and the densest warehouse cluster in North America, so a 27 MW pull-through charging hub there gives fleets running LA-Long Beach drayage a concrete place to plug in — and locks in scarce grid capacity before competitors can.
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