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NYC slated to get another 267 fast-chargers for electric vehicles
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Published Feb 10, 2025
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New York City is set to get 267 new fast-charging stalls for electric vehicles by 2027, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday.
The $60 million project aims to accelerate electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the city and increase access for the wider adoption of EVs, according to an announcement from Hochul’s office. It’s funded by a loan from the NY Green Bank, the state’s energy investment fund, to Revel, the city’s largest fast-charging provider.
The project will more than triple the size of the company’s fast-charging network in New York City, Hochul said. The new stalls will be able to charge an EV in as little as 15 minutes, with speeds of at least 320 kilowatts, she said. They’ll be open 24/7 and able to charge any make of electric vehicle.
Hochul said the investment addresses the need for public charging options while also reducing local emissions.
“In support of the transition to a clean energy economy, it is critical that we continue to build electric vehicle infrastructure to ease the shift to EV ownership for more New Yorkers, especially those in urban areas,” Hochul said in the announcement.
The charging stalls will be built at nine sites across the city over the next two years, starting with five sites over the next 12 months.
The plans for the coming year include a 44-stall station near LaGuardia Airport and one with 24 stalls at John F. Kennedy Airport. Also, according to the plans, Maspeth, Queens will get a new 60-stall charging station, making it the largest in the Northeast, Greenpoint, Brooklyn will get a new station with 30 stalls and Port Morris in the Bronx will get a 20-stall charging station.
Revel, which started as an electric-moped sharing app and now offers EV ride-sharing and public stations for EVs, already has four EV charging stations in the city — in Long Island City, Queens, South Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side in Manhattan. The company’s charging stations are open 24/7 and charge any make and model EV, according to Hochul.
“For the past few years, Revel has been preparing a strategic portfolio of the most lucrative fast-charging locations in New York City,” Revel co-founder and CEO Frank Reig said in Hochul’s announcement. “These sites are now shovel-ready.”
A 2021 report by the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Sustainability found that by 2030, New York City would need 40,000 level 2 chargers — which can charge an electric vehicle in a few hours — to keep up with demand, up from fewer than 1,500 in place in 2020. The report also envisions needing 6,000 DC fast chargers, like the kind announced Monday, up from just 117 in 2020.
Julie Tighe, president of the League of Conservation Voters statewide environmental organization, said the planned new stations will be a step in the right direction for the city.
"We know that many people have concerns about the availability of charging, and so making sure that there's much ... greater deployment, in particular in high-needs areas, I think is really significant."
She noted the city is also incentivizing for-hire vehicle drivers to convert to electric.
Maps of the city’s existing EV charging stations, including curbside chargers, are available through the Department of Transportation's website.
This story has been updated to include a statement from League of Conservation Voters president Julie Tighe.
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