Tesla to run Megachargers at three Forum Mobility California truck depots as four-site buildout adds 30 MW
Forum Mobility will start construction on four new California charging depots for heavy-duty electric trucks, adding 30 MW, with Tesla operating public Megacharging at three of them.
- 30 MW
- Over 330
What Happened
Forum Mobility says it will build four more California depots for battery-electric trucks, increasing heavy-duty charging capacity by 30 MW. The San Francisco company runs heavy-truck charging locations and leases Class 8 electric vehicles to freight operators.
- Public Tesla Megacharging is planned for three sites—FM Francis (Ontario), FM Coliseum and FM Adeline (both Oakland).
- An offtake agreement covers over 330 Tesla Semis at FM Santa Fe in Rancho Dominguez, which will also serve commercial drayage.
- Two Tesla MCS Megachargers were added at Harbor, the Long Beach site that has operated since December 2024.
- FM Coliseum is listed with 16 pull-through MCS lanes and is taking reservations.
The new depots combine MCS and conventional CCS charging, with pull-through lanes for heavy-duty trucks. Forum Mobility says the buildout covers Northern and Southern California and is intended to keep commercial drayage moving while public access remains available.
Why this matters
Electric freight only works if trucks can charge where they actually stop, and this buildout targets depots near California ports and along drayage routes. It matters to fleet operators weighing a switch to battery-electric Class 8 trucks, to Tesla, whose Semis depend on public megawatt charging, and to the carriers that must keep freight moving.
Terms in This Story
- MCS
- Megawatt Charging System, a high-power charging standard designed for heavy commercial vehicles.
- CCS
- Combined Charging System, a widely used standard for plug-in charging of electric vehicles.
- Drayage
- Short-haul trucking that moves containers over short distances, typically between ports, rail yards and warehouses.
- Class 8
- The heaviest category of highway trucks in North America, covering tractor-trailers and similar vehicles.
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