Clean transportation nonprofit CALSTART and utility National Grid have each been given $1.2 million US Department of Energy grants to lay the foundation to turn I-95, one of the US’s most heavily traveled freight routes, into a zero-emissions freight corridor.
CALSTART and National Grid will each develop 20-year demand forecasts after determining what locations, contributors, and processes will be needed to electrify the longest north-south interstate in the US. The two organizations will collaborate during the two-year initiative to create a roadmap for states, utilities, businesses, and local areas to plan and build an electric truck charging network across 15 states. Both will also seek input from fleet operators, the EV charging industry, utilities, and local communities.
