EV charging firm plans first US-Mexico electric freight route
EV charging infrastructure company Greenspace E-Mobility has announced plans to create the first binational electric freight route between the US and Mexico.
The firm will develop charging infrastructure for EVs
between Nueve León and Laredo, Texas, with the aim of connecting “the most
reliable electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Latin and North America”.
Investment for the initial phase, which includes charging
stations between Monterrey-Laredo and Laredo-Dallas, is estimated above $15m
and is expected to take between 18 months to two years.
The company has partnered with Windrose Technology, an
electric truck manufacturer with a footprint across the US, China, Europe,
Australia and New Zealand.
Horacio de la Torre, general manager of Greenspace E-Mobility
USA said the company will be beginning with the first five units in November.
“We are investing in the logistical advantages and
opportunities of the Nuevo León-Laredo border port and Nuevo León as the backbone
of this green electromobility corridor,” De la Torre said. “All of this is not
only good for the planet, it’s also a very economically beneficial option for
companies that choose to transport their goods using this green freight method.”
The government of Nuevo León is also partnering with the
project to help select charging station locations and facilitating logistics.
“With our Nuevo León-Laredo, Texas border as the nexus and
epicentre of this, we seek to connect the two most important centres of
economic development in Mexico and the US, Monterrey and Dallas, consolidating
the Nuevo León-Texas region as the best region for doing business in the
Americas,” said Marco González, secretary of regional and agricultural development
of Nuevo León.
Similarly, an electric vehicle corridor between Canada and
the US was announced in 2023, when the US transportation secretary Pete
Buttigieg joined the Canadian minister of transport Omar Alghabra, alongside local
US governors and mayor of Detroit Mike Duggan, to announce the first binational
EV corridor between the two countries. The Canada-US EV corridor is planned to
stretch from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Quebec, Canada, tapping into 75,000 miles
of alternative fuel corridors in the US, and will feature DC fast chargers approximately
every 50 miles.
However, the details for the build-out of the corridor are
still very preliminary, with no announced figures on how many charging stations
have been installed or are operational. The corridor was agreed during the last
US presidential term under Jor Biden, and with US-Canada tensions now
escalating due to Trump’s tariffs, on top of his attacks on EV initiatives, it
is becoming increasingly unclear how the project is expected to progress.
