Freight mobility company Einride has opened a charging hub for heavy-duty EVs in Lynwood, California. Einride’s Smartcharger Station has 65 chargers, and can charge up to 200 vehicles a day. The site was built in collaboration with charging infrastructure developer Voltera.
The charging station, which is strategically located near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach along I-710, currently serves Einride’s connected electric fleets, including routes for global shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk. Einride will make the station available for more customers in the future.
Einride’s Smartcharger Station offers truck drivers a lounge with key amenities, and is integrated with Einride’s Saga intelligent freight operating system, which provides customers with real-time updates on demand, location, timing and utilization of charging infrastructure.
This location is the first of many the company plans to build throughout the US. Future stations are planned for the West and East coasts, and construction is to begin on new sites later this year. Einride also recently opened a charging hub for heavy-duty EVs in Sweden.
“The launch of Einride’s first Smartcharger Station in the US marks a momentous stride in establishing digital, electric freight as an important enabler to a more resilient US freight system,” says Robert Falck, CEO and founder of Einride. “This facility will enable a key region to fast-track to electric, given its proximity to the Port of LA, one of the world’s busiest container ports and a driver of the US economy.”
“Our team was able to get Einride’s Lynwood site permitted, built, energized and operational in under 18 months—in the world of charging infrastructure, that’s pretty remarkable,” said Matt Horton, CEO of Voltera. “Our team learned a lot from this project that will help inform and guide our continued build-out of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure nationwide.”
Source: Einride