WattEV Inc. broke ground Thursday on an all-electric truck stop north of Bakersfield along Porterville Highway. The El Segundo-based company calls the project the nation's first such facility, planning to be built with private capital and grants from the California Energy Commission and complemented with a fleet of 30 Volvo electric trucks bought with grants from the California Air Resources Board.
Worth noting in business: Tejon Ranch sells land for prefab housing factory, WattEV begins work on electric truck stop, footwear retailers opens at Valley Plaza
WattEV Inc. broke ground Thursday on an all-electric truck stop north of Bakersfield along Porterville Highway. The El Segundo-based company calls the project the nation's first such facility, planning to be built with private capital and grants from the California Energy Commission and complemented with a fleet of 30 Volvo electric trucks bought with grants from the California Air Resources Board.
Lebec-based Tejon Ranch Co. announced Thursday it has sold 17.1 acres north of The Grapevine to an Indianapolis developer for construction of a 270,000-square-foot custom housing manufacturing facility being subsidized by local government.
Buyer Scannell Properties bought the land for a partially automated factory that will be the biggest yet owned and operated by Plant Prefab Inc., which has facilities in Ontario and Rialto, where the company is based.
