Draft Model Legislation

NATSO urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to take a measured approach to the domestic content requirements for electric vehicle chargers used in Federal aid highway projects, arguing that rapidly […]

ALEXANDRIA, VA — NATSO, representing truck stops, travel centers and off-highway fuel retailers, SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) voiced strong opposition to […]

ALEXANDRIA, VA — NATSO, representing truck stops and travel centers, SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), applaud the U.S. Transportation Department for resolving […]

The Senate’s fiscal 2026 funding bill for transportation programs would force the Department of Transportation to finish updating guidance for the $5 billion electric vehicle charger program that the White […]

Greenlane—a $650 million joint venture funded by NextEra, BlackRock and Daimler—is planning to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure for medium and heavy-duty vehicles. The charging sites will also serve battery-electric passenger car and light-duty fleet customers and are being designed to provide hydrogen refueling for commercial vehicles in the future. This week Greenlane announced that it broke ground to develop its first commercial EV charging corridor along Interstate 15. The initial locations will be in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California. Over the next year, more locations will be added along the corridor, extending beyond Southern Nevada and to San Pedro in California.

WattEV is taking a multi-pronged approach to help advance the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles, offering truck-as-a-service equipment and developing electric truck charging infrastructure. The company has received millions of dollars in grants to build out charging infrastructure and has joined NATSO to learn more about the industry. NATSO’s Christine Schoessler, chief operating officer, and Darren Schulte, vice president of membership, along with several NATSO travel center members, recently traveled to WattEV's headquarters in California to connect with the company's leadership.

TravelCenters of America Inc. has plans to add electric charging stalls across hundreds of its locations and plans to use microgrids—local electrical grids—in some areas to support power needs for passenger as well as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Dr. Dean Bushey, senior vice president of sustainability for TravelCenters of America, said TA is in the process of adding a microgrid to its location in Ontario, California, and plans to add more microgrids at locations along the West Coast.  The Ontario, California, location is TA’s busiest and most profitable site. “The reason for microgrid is demand shaving. If trucks plug in and draw a lot of power quickly, we have to shave off that peak demand,” Bushey said. “The other reason is for sustainability if there is a brownout.”

Pilot will provide whatever fuel customers want to buy. “Demand is king. What people are demanding and what our customers want is the intersection where we want to play,” said CEO Adam Wright.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — NATSO, representing truckstops and travel centers, and SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, recently urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Environmental Protection […]

Electric vehicle charging stations will better serve EV drivers if lawmakers and regulators enable a level playing field for competitive providers, according to a new report, “Serving Customers Best: The […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released an update to the Rural Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Toolkit, titled Charging Forward: A Toolkit for Planning and Funding Rural Electric Mobility Infrastructure.  […]

NATSO member Raina Shoemaker, co-owner of Shoemaker’s Travel Center in Lincoln, Neb., is scheduled to speak at the Electric Vehicle Charging 101 Virtual Conference on Friday, June 30.