Electric truck charging depot planned for Salem

Salem may soon be a pit stop for truckers seeking to recharge their vehicles while delivering goods up and down the West Coast.

WattEV, a southern California company focused on electrifying the trucking industry, plans to build a charging depot off Interstate 5 in Salem that could power about 40,000 trucks per year.

Earlier this year, the company received a $6.5 million grant from Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality for the project, which is still…