The city will build out 13 new charging hubs for electric vehicles at public parking lots in the outer boroughs, the Department of Transportation announced on Monday.
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In all, the hubs across the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens will add fifty new plugs to the city’s EV charging network as the cars on the five boroughs’ streets steadily electrify. Nearly 11,000 new EVs were registered in New York City last year, according to DOT, even as charging ports remain relatively sparse.
“Achieving a greener transportation future means investing in electric vehicle chargers that will help us say goodbye to fossil fuels,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement. “These fast-charging hubs will power our electric vehicle future and advance the Adams Administration’s commitment to equity by bringing charging to diverse communities that lack access.
, pumping about 90 miles of electric charge to a car every 10 minutes. In that same timeframe, a level 2 charger will only power up an EV to go about 3 miles, according to the DOT. The hubs are set to be placed in outer-borough neighborhoods that have considerably less charging infrastructure than the tonier areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where chargers have been installed at many private parking lots. In 2021, the city installed its first public fast-charging stations at municipal parking garages on the Lower East Side and in Long Island City, where electric taxis and for-hire vehicles can get a 15% discount on powering up.
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