{"id":81179,"date":"2025-03-14T09:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81179"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:03:43","slug":"1145962_toyota-ev-fast-chargers-open-for-underserved-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81179","title":{"rendered":"Toyota EV fast-chargers open for underserved communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota and EVgo on Tuesday announced the opening of new DC fast-charging stations for underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Baldwin Park and Sacramento, California, the fast-chargers are part of Toyota&#8217;s Empact plan for making electric vehicles more accessible to communities not reached by previous infrastructure projects, such as those in urban areas with <strong>limited off-street parking<\/strong> and higher population density in <strong>multi-family dwellings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100963124_m\" title=\"Toyota and EVgo Empact EV fast-charging stations for underserved communities\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Toyota and EVgo Empact EV fast-charging stations for underserved communities\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"614\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963124_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963124_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963124_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963124_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963124_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963124_s.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota and EVgo Empact EV fast-charging stations for underserved communities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Situated in &#8220;amenity-rich areas&#8221; with nearby grocery stores, restaurants, shopping malls, and other places one might drive to, the charging stations can serve up to eight vehicles each and feature <strong>350-kw chargers<\/strong> exclusively, according to a Toyota press release. That&#8217;s well beyond the sub-150-kw peak of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1135571_first-drive-review-2023-toyota-bz4x-ev-is-positioned-as-the-sideshow-but-upstages-hybrid-headliners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current Toyota bZ4X<\/a>, but various other brands already offer EVs that can take advantage of that level of charging power.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In the past EVgo has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1134146_gm-and-evgo-step-up-fast-charging-network-to-ease-urban-ev-ownership-electric-ride-hailing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnered with General Motors<\/a>\u00a0to focus on urban EV ownership\u2014and these locations appear sited at least in part for some of the same reasons. It&#8217;s unclear if this Toyota installation applies any California money made available for charger installations in underserved communities. The state is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1145777_california-pushes-ahead-with-charger-buildout-despite-trump-freeze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushing ahead with charger buildout<\/a> despite the Trump Administration&#8217;s attempt to freeze federal funds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100963121_m\" title=\"Toyota and EVgo Empact EV fast-charging stations for underserved communities\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Toyota and EVgo Empact EV fast-charging stations for underserved communities\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963121_l.webp\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963121_h.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963121_l.webp\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963121_l.webp\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963121_m.webp\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/toyota-and-evgo-empact-ev-fast-charging-stations-for-underserved-communities_100963121_s.webp\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota and EVgo Empact EV fast-charging stations for underserved communities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Toyota has touted some big plans for fast charging through the implementation of solid-state batteries. The automaker said in 2023 that future <strong>solid-state batteries<\/strong> could be charged from 10%-80% in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1139929_toyota-10-minute-ev-charging-solid-state-battery-due-in-2027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 minutes or less<\/a>\u2014likely taking advantage of that higher peak power. It&#8217;s still planning to commercialize them later this decade, but likely in low volumes.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Toyota is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143765_toyota-joins-ionna-ev-charging-network-stations-due-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding the Ionna network<\/a> with seven other automakers. Ionna opened its first location in 2024, and aims for 30,000 charging connectors across North America by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota and EVgo on Tuesday announced the opening of new DC fast-charging stations for underserved communities. Located in Baldwin Park and Sacramento, California, the fast-chargers are part of Toyota&#8217;s Empact plan for making electric vehicles more accessible to communities not reached by previous infrastructure projects, such as those in urban areas with limited off-street parking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}