Trucking news and briefs for Monday, April 13, 2026:
EV Realty opens flagship truck charging hub in California
EV Realty's flagship Powered Properties truck charging hub, located strategically in San Bernardino, is capable of serving 200+ MHD trucks per day.EV Realty
Electric vehicle charging hub developer EV Realty last week opened its flagship multi-fleet truck charging hub in San Bernardino, California.
The new hub features 76 high-power charging ports and 9 MW of capacity, sufficient to serve more than 200 medium- and heavy-duty trucks per day, the company said. The site is designed to reliably serve all makes and models of medium- and heavy-duty trucks with both Combined Charing System (CCS) charging ports that are standard today and Megawatt Charging System (MCS) charging ports for next-generation big rigs.
By serving multiple fleets on shared infrastructure, EV Realty's Powered Properties model delivers better economics for a wide variety of fleet users, the company added. Announced customers include J.B. Hunt Transport, Gate City Beverage, and Nevoya.
The site is strategically located near the San Bernardino Intermodal Facility, more than 60 million square feet of nearby industrial warehouses, in an area that is home to nearly 17,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks, EV Realty noted. It also sits near Interstates 10 and 215, a major freight lane from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
“The Inland Empire is where freight from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach gets sorted and sent across the country by truck and rail,” said EV Realty CEO Patrick Sullivan. “Fleets operating here are doing some of the most important and demanding work in the supply chain. They need reliable and affordable access to high-power charging so that they can move beyond pilots and make electrification a real business decision. That's exactly what we've built here."
Fleets with Inland Empire operations can learn more here.
Baltimore looking to ban truck parking in residential areas
A bill under consideration by the Baltimore City Council would prohibit commercial vehicles from parking in residential areas for longer than one hour at a time.
The bill, which is up for final passage, says commercial vehicles with a maximum gross vehicle weight of greater than 20,000 pounds are prohibited from parking “continuously on any street, lane, or alley in front of or adjacent to any property used or intended to be used as a residence” for longer than an hour. The prohibition does not apply to trucks “parked for the purpose of doing any public or private work for or on behalf of any person located within a radius of [one] block from the property.”
Additionally, the bill would ban any truck from parking for any length of time between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. on any city street, lane, or alley.
Under terms of the bill, commercial trucks with a GVWR greater than 20,000 pounds would be subject to a $500 fine for violations of either the daytime or nighttime parking restrictions. Non-commercial vehicles weighing more than 20,000 pounds and commercial vehicles under that weight would be subject to a $250 fine for a daytime hours violation, and $75 for a nighttime hours violation.
Averitt donates $1.4 million to St. Jude
Averitt Charities, Averitt’s (CCJ Top 250, No. 25) nonprofit charitable organization, has donated $1,400,001 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in partnership with the Averitt Cares for Kids program.
Averitt
Since 1990, Averitt Charities has contributed more than $18 million to support organizations like St. Jude, reinforcing a longstanding commitment to help those in need and the communities Averitt serves.
Averitt Charities is fueled by the generosity of associates, with close to 97% participating in the Averitt Cares for Kids associate-giving program through weekly payroll deductions of just $1. In addition to associate contributions, the company makes matching donations to Averitt Charities in honor of associates’ community service hours, as well as their achievements, life events, and milestones, further strengthening the program’s impact.
“I’m humbled by the way we step up every year to support the life-saving mission of St. Jude,” said Gary Sasser, Averitt’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Helping people succeed is at the heart of Averitt, and I’m thankful to be part of a team that is focused on giving back.”
