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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon. It’s called Electric Island. Iron phosphate batteries are great because they’re durable, they’re cheap. Charged : You’ve also said that heavy-duty charging is going to be a huge hurdle.

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