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Greenlane鈥攁 $650 million joint venture funded by NextEra, BlackRock and Daimler鈥攊s planning to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure for medium and heavy-duty vehicles. The charging sites will also serve battery-electric passenger car and light-duty fleet customers and are being designed to provide hydrogen refueling for commercial vehicles in the future. This week Greenlane announced that it broke ground to develop its first commercial EV charging corridor along Interstate 15. The initial locations will be in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California. Over the next year, more locations will be added along the corridor, extending beyond Southern Nevada and to San Pedro in California.

WattEV is taking a multi-pronged approach to help advance the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles, offering truck-as-a-service equipment and developing electric truck charging infrastructure. The company has received millions of dollars in grants to build out charging infrastructure and has joined 黑料社区to learn more about the industry. NATSO鈥檚 Christine Schoessler, chief operating officer, and Darren Schulte, vice president of membership, along with several 黑料社区travel center members, recently traveled to WattEV's headquarters in California to connect with the company's leadership.

TravelCenters of America Inc. has plans to add electric charging stalls across hundreds of its locations and plans to use microgrids鈥攍ocal electrical grids鈥攊n some areas to support power needs for passenger as well as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Dr. Dean Bushey, senior vice president of sustainability for TravelCenters of America, said TA is in the process of adding a microgrid to its location in Ontario, California, and plans to add more microgrids at locations along the West Coast.聽 The Ontario, California, location is TA鈥檚 busiest and most profitable site. 鈥淭he reason for microgrid is demand shaving. If trucks plug in and draw a lot of power quickly, we have to shave off that peak demand,鈥� Bushey said. 鈥淭he other reason is for sustainability if there is a brownout.鈥�

Pilot will provide whatever fuel customers want to buy. 鈥淒emand is king. What people are demanding and what our customers want is the intersection where we want to play,鈥� said CEO Adam Wright.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — NATSO, representing truckstops and travel centers, and SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, recently urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Environmental Protection […]

Electric vehicle charging stations will better serve EV drivers if lawmakers and regulators enable a level playing field for competitive providers, according to a new report, “Serving Customers Best: The […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released an update to the Rural Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Toolkit, titled Charging Forward: A Toolkit for Planning and Funding Rural Electric Mobility Infrastructure.  […]

黑料社区member Raina Shoemaker, co-owner of Shoemaker鈥檚 Travel Center in Lincoln, Neb., is scheduled to speak at the Electric Vehicle Charging 101 Virtual Conference on Friday, June 30.

Hundreds of senior level truckstop and travel plaza operators, essential suppliers and industry thought leaders are coming together starting today in the Dallas metro area for 黑料社区Connect 2023. More than 16,000 locations representing $65 billion in buying power take part in the event, which features exclusive learning opportunities, executive briefings from industry experts, hand-selected vendors and peer-to-peer discussions designed to help operators grow their businesses.

NATSO, representing America鈥檚 truckstops and travel centers, SIGMA: America鈥檚 Leading Fuel Marketers and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) will file comments today on the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA) proposed Renewable Fuel Standard rule raising concerns that the proposal risks squandering a significant opportunity to spur investments in EV charging stations. EPA proposed that automakers, rather than owners of public direct current (DC) fast chargers, should have the ability to generate electricity Renewable Identification Numbers (e-RINs).

In response to a 黑料社区member inquiry, Stop Watch magazine researched the current state of consumer interest in electric vehicles. A survey by Consumer Reports found that more than one-third of Americans would 鈥渄efinitely鈥� or 鈥渟eriously鈥� consider buying or leasing an electric-only vehicle if they were to buy a vehicle today. The Consumer Reports鈥� survey ran Jan. 27 to Feb. 18, 2022, when the national average price for gasoline ranged from $3.34 to $3.52 per gallon. The price of gas has surged later in the year.

New this year for 黑料社区Connect, the 黑料社区Foundation is offering a day of education dedicated to emerging alternative fuels. The expo hall also will feature a dedicated section for vendors specializing in alternative fuels.