ELLABELL – A look at one possible future of American trucking was on display Oct. 8 at the Pilot Travel Center at the busy I-16 and Highway 280 interchange in North Bryan.
There, at a busy truck stop barely two years old, representatives from Pilot and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla gathered for a ribbon cutting to open six heavy-duty charging posts, marking the first such location opened as a result of a partnership by the two companies.
The posts, each capable of delivering up to 1.2 megawatts of power, can charge the batteries on an electric semi up to 80 percent full in half an hour, according to officials with both companies…