ABC Companies has collaborated with Proterra and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to launch North America’s largest coach charging facility in Newark, California.

The new facility is situated on a 3.5-acre site and can support up to 1.4 megawatts of EV charging power.

It is equipped with 20 dual-cable EV charging dispensers to charge up to 40 electric coaches.

Developed in collaboration with EV charging and battery partner, Proterra, and local utility provider, PG&E, the ABC Companies charging facility demonstrates that both the power and charging solutions are available to meet fleet operators’ needs to scale their commercial EV operations
Developed in collaboration with Proterra and PG&E, the ABC Companies charging facility demonstrates that both the power and charging solutions are available to meet fleet operators’ needs to scale their commercial EV operations

The new chargers will facilitate the rollout of electric coaches in California, supporting ABC Companies’ customers in their road maps to zero emissions.

To date, the company has supplied a range of electric vehicles to private fleet operators, including smaller vehicles such as 8-passenger vans and larger, 75-passenger 45-foot double-decker motorcoaches.

Roman Cornell, CEO of ABC Companies said:

As the largest passenger motorcoach dealer in North America, we are going beyond selling and supporting these vehicles, as we educate, demonstrate, and invest in zero emissions commercial transportation, to accelerate EV adoption. In under 2 years, over 20% of our motorcoach sales are now battery-electric vehicles. However, the rapid growth in our commercial EV sales requires a corresponding charging infrastructure capable of handling the size and power requirements of these vehicles. Therefore, ABC has chosen to invest strategically to support the vehicles already in operation.

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