While many in the automotive world focus on decarbonising day to day vehicles, others are looking into the medium and heavy-duty truck space
Although making up a small percentage of vehicles on the road, sitting at 5%, medium and heavy-duty trucks are responsible for 25% of transport greenhouse gas emissions in the US. With emissions and decarbonisation at the forefront of the automotive industry’s mind – what can be done to reduce the sector’s carbon impact.
On a mission of assist the industry look for ways to decarbonise, EV Realty, a company who develops, deploys, and owns grid-scale charging infrastructure, is focusing in on medium and heavy-duty trucking and helping build out infrastructure while developing a platform that it says can power commercial fleets.
We spoke to EV Realty CEO, Patrick Sullivan, to discuss the Hub Based Strategy vs the Transportation Corridor strategy as well as future predictions for the heavy-duty EV space.
Just Auto (JA): Could you provide me with some background on the company?
Patrick Sullivan (PS): EV Realty develops, deploys, and owns charging infrastructure critical to electrifying commercial fleets in the US at scale. We are accelerating the adoption of large EV fleets by focusing on the fundamental constraint all electric fleets face: low-cost, reliable, and expandable access to grid-scale power. EV Realty is developing a network of grid-optimised, large-scale EV charging hubs for delivery, logistics, and services fleet customers.
Our Powered Properties serve multiple commercial fleets in secure, high-power locations with guaranteed charging access and availability, and are located proximate to major logistics corridors within last-mile delivery/duty range of urban population centres. By aggregating multiple fleets with shared private infrastructure in grid-ready locations, our charging hubs reduce upfront and recurring costs for fleets while optimizing the investment in infrastructure.