Tritium Charging

In January 2022, Tritium listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange as Tritium DCFC (Nasdaq: DCFC).[3]

In February 2022, Tritium CEO Jane Hunter visited the White House to speak about building electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the U.S. and the company's Tennessee manufacturing facility. President Joe Biden delivered a speech about rebuilding American manufacturing and reducing carbon emissions from transportation sources.[4]

Tritium manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee.

In August 2022, Tritium opened a manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee in the U.S. The facility has six production lines for a total peak capacity of up to 30,000 chargers annually. The facility employs more than 400.[5][6]

In July 2023, the State of Hawaii ordered 32 Tritium chargers to install throughout the state for its public EV charging system.[7] The chargers were among the first to be ordered and installed under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, a US$5 billion infrastructure program to create a coast-to-coast network of public electric vehicle chargers in the U.S.[8]

Tritium was founded by engineers David Finn, James Kennedy, and Paul Sernia. The three met at the University of Queensland in 1999 and built a solar electric race car called the SunShark to race in the World Solar Challenge. The SunShark placed third in the race. Later, Finn, Kennedy, and Sernia formed a company to market and sell the SunShark's electric motor controller, the WaveSculptor22, which is currently manufactured and sold by Australian company Prohelion. In 2001, the trio founded Tritium as an engineering consulting firm in Brisbane, Australia and created systems to manage hydroelectric power stations, developed power storage systems for buildings, and created the battery management system for James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger mission. Tritium created its first DC fast charger in 2012.[9]