Family Laundry Depot Launch Press Conference This Friday 7/11/2025

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This weekend, we celebrate the official launch of the Family Laundry EV charging hub—a first-of-its-kind, modular, managed charging site designed to support small electric delivery fleets in Oakland and beyond.

We’re honored to have Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee christen the site, and host with representatives from the organizations that helped bring this project to life, including the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and Pacific Community Ventures, whose funding and support have been instrumental.

At its core, this project is built to serve Family Laundry, a local, community-rooted business offering wash-and-fold laundry pickup and delivery across the Bay Area. With a current fleet of seven Ford e-Transit electric vans—and plans to more than double in size—the company needed a robust, scalable solution to keep its operations fully electric and future-ready.

The site features 15 Level 2 AC chargers and a dual-port Level 3 DC fast charger, all orchestrated by Port Power’s intelligent energy and fleet management platform. This software-driven infrastructure ensures that vehicles charge efficiently based on real-time needs, schedules, and available energy. The site will also include 50 kW of solar power and 233 kWh of battery energy storage (BESS), reducing energy cost and grid impact.

But the impact doesn’t stop with one fleet. The hub is designed as a shared resource for multiple small fleets, helping address the acute shortage of reliable park-and-charge space in Oakland. We’re excited to announce that Community Kitchens Oakland, a nonprofit addressing food insecurity through job creation and meal delivery, will begin operating their own electric fleet from the site as a tenant—further demonstrating the intersection of clean mobility and social impact.

Nadav Gur, founder of Port Power, will be leading a tour of the site and demonstrating how smart charging, modular design, and thoughtful energy management can empower small businesses and nonprofits to go electric—without the burden of navigating complex infrastructure alone.

This project isn’t just about vehicles or hardware. It’s about showing that clean transportation can be accessible, local, and equitable—and that small fleets can lead the way in building a zero-emissions future, right from the community up.

We hope this site becomes a blueprint for how cities can scale fleet electrification in a way that works for everyone—not just the largest players.

Come celebrate with us in Oakland this weekend. See the technology, meet the people, and witness what the future of clean urban logistics looks like.