Electrify America and 4 Gen Logistics launch first phase of electrification project at Port of Long Beach, California
19 October 2024
Electrify America and 4 Gen Logistics announced the opening of a charging station at the Port of Long Beach, California, to support 4 Gen’s expanding fleet of zero-emission class 8 drayage trucks. The facility featuring 30 Hyper-Fast chargers—capable of speeds up to 350 kW—will enable 4 Gen’s fleet efficiently to run multiple daily shifts between the Inland Empire and Port of Long Beach.
The infrastructure is part of Electrify America’s broader initiative to reduce tailpipe emissions in the Southern California region, particularly around the critical Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles; Phase one includes 44 chargers across Rialto and the Port of Long Beach.
The first phase of the project is funded in part through Electrify America’s $25-million Green City investment , which focused on Medium- and Heavy-Duty electrification projects in Long Beach and the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Separately, the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) announced that through their Clean Truck Fund, POLA and POLB invested a combined $60 million in point-of-sale purchase incentives via CARB’s Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), leveraging the streamlined voucher management processes administered for HVIP by CALSTART.
Port incentives were $100,000 per truck for fleets size 20 and smaller and $75,000 per truck for fleets larger than 20, in addition to the existing HVIP drayage voucher amount of $150,000 per truck.
Although more than $50 million still remains to be requested via HVIP’s Drayage Truck Set-Aside, voucher enhancements funded by the Ports have now been fully subscribed, and as such, the Ports’ stacked incentive program has been closed. Additional Port funds may be announced later this year.
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