US-based Terawatt Infrastructure will provide charging infrastructure, including software, operations and maintenance support, at its six charging locations along the I-10 corridor to a fleet carrier that aims to accelerate heavy-duty EV deployment.
The consortium, under the Smart Freight Center based in the Netherlands, a global non-profit organization focused on climate action in the transport sector, includes AIT Worldwide Logistics, DB Schenker, Maersk, Microsoft and PepsiCo. The companies will test EV operations on the I-10 corridor between Los Angeles, California and El Paso, Texas.
The alliance aims to demonstrate opportunities to reduce vehicle emissions while accelerating EV deployments that are far from cost-effective. By identifying key findings and developing a broader ecosystem around electric trucks, the pilot is designed to attract other shippers and carriers to electrify their fleets at scale and encourage technology providers to accelerate the development of turnkey electric transportation products.
“Through this alliance, we want to jointly accelerate the adoption of heavy-duty EV long trucks. Together with Terawatt and other partners, we look forward to accelerating the decarbonization of freight and proving that an electric truck tunnel can start operating quickly at low volumes, and scale quickly after that,” said Christoph Wolff, CEO of the Smart Freight Center.
Source: Terawatt Infrastructure