Three truckstops add Shorepower

Jun 1, 2012

For the Record

Shorepower Technologies has added its services, which lets drivers plug in to grid power instead of idling, to three truckstops: Sapp Bros Travel Center at Exit 440 on Interstate 80 in Omaha, Neb.; Broadway Flying J at Exit 144 on Interstate 35 in Williams, Iowa; and Shoemaker’s Shell Travel Center at Exit 395 on I-80 in Lincoln, Neb.

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