EV Realty has named Henrik Holland president, bringing the former Prologis Mobility and Shell executive aboard as the company expands its commercial truck charging business and looks to apply its infrastructure model to autonomous fleets.

For fleet operators, the appointment highlights a challenge extending beyond the vehicles themselves: securing enough grid capacity in the locations where fleets need to operate.

EV Realty develops and operates multi-megawatt charging hubs through its Powered Properties platform, which focuses on securing grid capacity and developing sites for fleet operations. The company said it is seeing similar infrastructure requirements emerge among autonomous vehicle operators.

Expanding From Truck Charging to Autonomous Fleets

In his new role, Holland will focus on growing EV Realty’s commercial truck charging operations while expanding Powered Properties into additional fleet sectors, including autonomous vehicle depot infrastructure.

“What people underestimate about autonomous fleets is how power-intensive they are,” Holland said. “A single AV depot needs four to twelve megawatts, which is small data center territory, and one metro takes four to six of those depots to keep a fleet productive.”

Holland said the scale increases as autonomous fleets enter additional markets.

“Across the cities these operators plan to serve by 2030, that is gigawatts of new load that has to land on specific parcels, near specific substations, on the operator’s schedule,” Holland said.

That infrastructure challenge parallels one already facing fleets deploying heavy-duty EVs: securing sufficient grid capacity at the locations where vehicles need to charge.

“Our Powered Properties platform is gaining traction with trucking fleet customers, and now we are seeing the same infrastructure constraint play out for AV fleets – access to power in the right locations, developed on their timelines, is pacing the speed and scale of fleet deployment,” said Patrick Sullivan, EV Realty CEO.

Holland Brings Fleet Charging Experience

Holland previously built Prologis Mobility, where he oversaw a commercial EV charging network delivering 70 MW of power across more than 400 projects. His work included infrastructure partnerships with e-commerce, autonomous vehicle and logistics companies.

Before Prologis, Holland served as chief operating officer at Greenlots following its acquisition by Shell and previously led Shell’s electric mobility mergers and acquisitions efforts. He also serves as board chairman of CALSTART.

“EV Realty has built an excellent company around that challenge, and I’m eager to help bring that approach to more fleets and more markets,” Holland said.

EV Realty Approaches 50 MW of Secured Grid Capacity

EV Realty said it has assembled a portfolio of six Powered Properties approaching 50 MW of secured grid capacity.

Its San Bernardino Powered Property is a 9-MW truck charging hub serving regional freight and drayage fleets in California’s Inland Empire. The site includes megawatt charging capability.

Later this year, the company plans to break ground on a heavy-duty truck charging facility in Torrance, California, expanding its network near freight corridors serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.