Tritium to build largest universal EV charging hub in North America

Brisbane-based electric car charger company Tritium, which is backed by coal baron Trevor St Baker’s St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, is partnering with US-based electric mobility company Revel to build what it says will be its largest universal fast-charging site in North America.

Located at the former Pfizer building in Brooklyn, in the state of New York, the first 10 of 30 chargers to be installed will be the newly unveiled 75kW RTM75 charger which was recently put to the test at Broadbeach on Australia’s Gold Coast.

The RTM75 charger can add 160km of driving range in 20 minutes, described as the “sweet spot” of charging rate compared to the company’s other products, the 50kW and 350kW Veefils, and is a scalable product that has been designed to be able to “future-proof” sites so they can grow as charging demand requires it.

For electric moped rideshare company Revel, which shared the news, the partnership with Tritium is its first dip into the charging market, and a substantial one at that.

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Brooklyn site outdoes Tritium’s previous Pasadena, California installation that The Driven reported on in 2020, which consists of 20 Tritium chargers and 24 Tesla Superchargers.

And it won’t be the last: Revel CEO and co-founder Frank Reig says this is just the first of many charging sites it has planned.

“Revel is building the infrastructure of the future and we’re building it now – our planet can’t wait,” said Reig in a statement.

We couldn’t be more excited to bring fast charging to our home borough of Brooklyn and get to work on the first of many Superhubs to come in 2021.”

Revel says the former Pfizer site is a natural for the “superhub”, as the building has become the home of a swathe of progressive businesses and start-ups since the drugmaker moved out in 2008 and it was redeveloped by Acumen Capital Partners.

“Welcoming Revel as a tenant is a slam dunk for us,” said Jeff Rosenblum, co-founder of Acumen Capital Partners in a statement.

“Our mission with the Pfizer building has been to transform a historic site into a home for forward-thinking companies, and electrification truly is the future. We’re excited to give this space new life once again by hosting Revel’s first fast chargers.”

The site is expected to go online in the Northern Hemisphere spring, with more Tritium models to be added in coming months to increase capacity and charge rates.