Commercial, Distributed Energy Resources, GHG Emissions  -  March 28, 2024

Greenlane Launches Commercial EV Charging

Greenlane announced its first commercial EV charging corridor, which will include more than 100 chargers for freight trucks.

The company is a joint venture between Daimler Truck North America LLC, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, and BlackRock through a fund managed by its Climate Infrastructure business. 

The new charging corridor along Interstate 15 seeks to increase the rollout of carbon-neutral freight transportation with initial charging locations in Colton, Barstow, and Baker, California. Over the next year, additional locations will be added along the corridor, extending beyond Southern Nevada and to San Pedro in California.

Greenlane is targeting a spring groundbreaking on the Colton flagship site and aiming to open in late 2024. Located at the intersection of Interstates 10 and 215, the Colton hub will offer multiple ways for heavy-, medium- and light-duty ZEV drivers to charge their vehicles.

“After considering various factors, such as truck telematics data, frequent freight routes and customer deployment strategy, the Greenlane team selected these three optimal locations for our first commercial charging corridor to accelerate the transition to zero emissions,” said Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO of Greenlane, in a statement. “The launch of this corridor not only marks a critical step in addressing the urgent need for publicly available, nationwide electric charging for commercial vehicles but will also serve as a model for the EV charging hubs of the future.”

The Colton site is planned to have over 60 chargers, including 400 kW Direct Current Fast Chargers (DCFC) to speed charging of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). More 200 kW DCFC charging options onsite will enable long-duration and overnight charging for heavy-duty tractors, medium-duty ZEVs and school buses. 

Greenlane will also deploy multiple passenger car charging stalls to support light-duty and passenger vehicles.

Later project phases will support both long-duration and overnight charging lanes for tractor-trailer combinations. The Greenlane site in Colton will also be future-proofed to accommodate the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) when commercially available.

Greenlane aims to develop a nationwide network of commercial charging infrastructure locations across the U.S. The charging sites will also serve battery-electric passenger car and light-duty fleet customers and are designed to provide hydrogen refueling for commercial vehicles in the coming years.

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