Days like these make it all worth it.
It sure feels good to be moving dirt. When you start a new business, you hear 'no' a lot. That makes it all the sweeter when - through grit and good ideas - you are able to stack enough yeses to bring a big thing over the threshold into reality. Yesterday we were incredibly pleased to celebrate the groundbreaking of our FM Harbor Depot - a 9 MW, 44 dispenser electric truck charging depot in the Port of Long Beach. It's a jewel of a site, right at the base of the International Gateway Bridge, kitty corner to the Long Beach Container Terminal. When online later this year, it'll serve a couple hundred electric trucks a day. Celebrating with us were the many partners who added a 'yes' along the way. Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, and Port of Long Beach, our host. Southern California Edison (SCE), who's bringing the power. California Air Resources Board / South Coast Air Quality Management District for funding the transition, CALSTART implementing the programs. Truck manufacturers Volvo Trucks North America, BYD North America, PACCAR, Daimler Truck North America and Nikola trucks. TEC Equipment and Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing. Harbor Trucking Association, who has welcomed us so warmly into the drayage community (49er fandom nothwithstanding). Our investors, from CBRE Investment Management IM, Homecoming Capital, The Climate Pledge and Elemental Excelerator with extra support on this one. PAR Western Line Contractors, LLC and Local 47, getting the job done. And most importantly, our customers, without which none of this would be possible. Amazon Global Mile, Talon Logistics Inc., Ocean Network Express North America /BoxLinks, and REDEFINED TRANSPORTATION, INC. are leading the way forward on zero emission freight. We are incredibly proud to be your partner in this long – but clean! -- road to truck electrification. A deep bow of thanks to you all. https://lnkd.in/e5BwdWn8
So exciting! Congrats to you and the team!!
Congrats!!!
Vice President, Sustainability Solutions, Geotab
3moGreat photos and a big "heck yeah!" from me as I love to see it, Jacqueline (Bruns) Torres! Congrats and keep on getting those yeses!