Getting Electric Vehicles on the Road Quickly
Connecting a heavy-duty truck charging station to California’s grid can take up to five years—a daunting timeline for an industry racing toward electrification. Prologis, the global leader in logistics real estate, achieved what seemed impossible: delivering a game-changing solution in just five months.
The result is a self-sufficient microgrid, strategically located near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, that powers North America’s largest heavy-duty electric vehicle charging hub. The site can charge up to 96 high-powered electric trucks simultaneously or over 300 trucks in a day. The scale and speed of the project sets a bold, yet achievable, precedent for what’s possible.
Fleet operators are transitioning to electric commercial trucks as part of broader efforts to reduce emissions and progress toward their sustainability goals. Prologis supports this shift with innovative solutions like OnDemand charging for flexible power, leveraging advanced technologies, such as microgrids and strategically placed EV hubs, as well as dedicated onsite charging depots. These offerings help reduce operating costs, improve efficiency and simplify the transition to electric fleets.
Performance Team – A Maersk Company, is a subsidiary of EV100+ member Maersk and is positioning itself at the forefront of the transition. The company, which operates over 60 distribution and fulfilment centers across North America, placed a large order of electric trucks for its fleet. To ensure seamless operations, they required a local charging facility as soon as possible.
Local partnerships complement a strategic business collaboration.
Prologis, a founding member of EV100+, partnered with Performance Team and developed the microgrid concept that speeds up electrification and bypasses long grid connection delay.
Together, they created a state-of-the-art charging hub consisting of six independent microgrids, each with its own batteries, generators and charging stalls. Designed for resilience, the site can continue to operate even if the grid goes down, ensuring uninterrupted charging for fleets that depend on reliable power to keep critical freight operations moving. The site includes 18 megawatt-hours of energy storage, 9 megawatts of charging capacity and 3 megawatts of fuel-flexible generation capacity.
Collaboration with local government and utilities was key. Prologis developed a strong partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the City of Los Angeles and SoCalGas. Without their collaboration and support, a project of this scale and speed would not have been possible.
Logistics real estate plays a key role in advancing the global EV transition.
As a specialist in fulfilment, distribution, energy, transportation and logistics infrastructure, Prologis is at the forefront of the EV transition. So far, the company has installed over 20 megawatts of EV charging infrastructure globally. Prologis supports its customers in their electrification goals by helping them transition to clean energy and delivering advancements in intelligent infrastructure. This translates to over 10 million miles driven by medium- and heavy-duty EVs charged at Prologis Mobility sites.
"We are tackling real-world challenges to help our customers get their electric fleets on the road faster. For the Denker project, waiting years for a power upgrade wasn’t an option. In less than a year, we delivered an industry-first solution to energize the trucks and get them on the road. At Prologis Mobility, we aim to make the shift to zero-emissions transportation seamless while driving economic efficiency for our customers." —Henrik Holland, Global Head of Prologis Mobility
Prologis is a fully integrated real estate logistics firm with headquarters in San Francisco. As a member of EV100+, the company has committed to transitioning its owned and contracted heavy-truck fleet to zero emissions by 2040. It will also use its network of more than 5,800 warehouses to support its customer base of over 6,500 customers, encouraging them to adopt zero-emissions vehicles and fleets. Through Prologis Mobility, the company provides a fully managed solution that eliminates upfront costs and is available at both Prologis and non-Prologis locations. The company’s offerings include onsite private charging depots, public charging hubs, OnDemand power, workplace charging and hydrogen fuelling.