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Cost Guide · Fleet Depots · 2026

What a fleet charging depot actually costs.

Depot cost isn’t a charger count — it’s dwell windows, duty cycles, and the site’s power ceiling. Real numbers and the sequencing that keeps vehicle deliveries from arriving before the power does.

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The Numbers

2026 depot costs, by operating profile.

Installed totals. The per-vehicle number is the honest metric — port counts follow from dwell windows, not fleet size.

Light-duty overnight depot

$5,000–$15,000 per vehicle. Level 2 with managed charging inside an 8–12 hour dwell window. A 20-vehicle depot commonly lands $150,000–$350,000 installed.

Medium-duty mixed depot

$15,000–$40,000 per vehicle. Level 2 backbone plus shared DC fast positions for quick turnarounds and route exceptions.

Heavy-duty / fast-turnaround

$60,000–$150,000+ per DC position. High-power charging with dedicated utility infrastructure; multi-position sites share gear and improve per-position economics.

Utility service work (when required)

$50,000–$500,000+ and months of lead time. The swing item that defines both budget and schedule — confirm it before anything else is ordered.

Software & operations

$200–$1,000 per port per year plus demand charges — which managed charging exists to control. The software decision is an operating-cost decision.

Offsets

30C (up to $100,000/port) + make-ready + fleet grants, and in CA/WA/OR, clean-fuel credits that pay revenue per kWh for the life of the program.

The Sequencing Rule

Vehicles arrive on order timelines. Power arrives on utility timelines.

The most expensive failure in fleet electrification is a parking lot of delivered EVs waiting on a transformer. The fix is running the utility application and make-ready funding in parallel with vehicle procurement — not after it. Faith Energy’s depot work starts with the power question: real route data, real dwell windows, a load-managed design, and the utility application filed before the first vehicle PO.

Start with the power question

Straight Answers

Depot questions we answer every week.

What should I budget per vehicle?
Light-duty overnight: $5,000–$15,000 per vehicle. Medium-duty mixed: $15,000–$40,000. Heavy-duty: priced per DC position rather than per vehicle. Then confirm the utility answer — it moves the total more than any equipment choice.
Do I need one port per vehicle?
Rarely. Managed charging sequences vehicles inside the dwell window, so ports serve more than one vehicle per night. Right-sizing against route data is usually worth more than any hardware discount.
Can I electrify in phases?
Yes — and you should. Size conduit and gear for the end-state while trenches are open, energize what today’s fleet needs, and add ports as vehicles arrive. Phase-one construction that ignores phase two is the most common depot design error we correct.
Who operates the depot after commissioning?
Either your team with our training and documentation, or Faith Energy under a service and uptime agreement — monitoring, preventative maintenance, and repair across charger brands. Depots justify service contracts faster than any other site type because a down port is a parked route.

Next Step

Bring the route data. We’ll bring the depot design.

Vehicle list, dwell windows, and the site address — our engineers return a load-managed design, a real budget, and the utility timeline your vehicle orders should key off.

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