Revel has opened its first-ever fast-charging electrical automobile station in Manhattan at Pier 36 on the Decrease East Facet.
That is the primary totally public, 24/7 EV charging station in Manhattan, which has been a serious problem for corporations and people using EVs as a consequence of very restricted actual property.
Revel developed the location with New York Metropolis’s Financial Improvement Company (NYCEDC). The positioning options 10 320 kW chargers made by Kempower.
The massive problem with EV possession when dwelling in New York Metropolis is entry to public chargers.
Whereas Revel, Tesla, and others are working charging infrastructure in numerous boroughs like Queens and Brooklyn, Manhattan is so restricted on area that those that make the most of EVs for private use or ride-sharing actually battle for choices.
Frank Reig, Revel’s Co-Founder and CEO, stated:
“A whole bunch of 1000’s of rideshare and taxi journeys go out and in of Manhattan day by day. With our new Pier 36 Charging Station, Revel is bringing the quickest charging in the marketplace on to these drivers to allow them to entry EVs simpler — saving them cash and saving us all from respiratory in additional useless automobile air pollution…That is Revel’s first within the borough, however undoubtedly not our final!”
Revel has had this new station at Pier 36 within the works for a while. Final yr, they hinted throughout an interview with me that they have been engaged on one thing in Manhattan. It’s lastly right here.
This station brings Revel’s complete community to 64 public quick chargers throughout the 5 boroughs of New York Metropolis. Their plans are to develop quickly, hoping to have 300 lively chargers by the top of 2025.
The importance of this station being in Manhattan was acknowledged by a number of figures:
State Senator Brian Kavanagh:
“The introduction of this primary 24/7 public quick charging station in Manhattan represents a pivotal step in our journey towards a zero-emission transportation community. With the busy move of rideshare and taxi site visitors out and in of Manhattan, offering the quickest charging choices on to drivers not solely saves them cash but additionally helps us all breathe a bit of simpler by decreasing dangerous automobile air pollution.”
NYCEDC President and CEO Andrew Kimball:
“The opening of Revel’s first Manhattan charging station will assist New York Metropolis change into an innovator in accelerating low-carbon options within the transportation sector, spark cutting-edge innovation that can unlock options for the worldwide local weather disaster, and create new financial alternative for the town.”
Assemblymember Grace Lee:
“By increasing entry to high-speed EV chargers in Decrease Manhattan, we aren’t solely selling inexperienced expertise but additionally decreasing dangerous emissions and bettering air high quality for our neighborhood. It is a essential funding within the well being and well-being of Decrease Manhattan, and I look ahead to persevering with to assist initiatives that advance our metropolis’s environmental targets.”
Revel’s increasing variety of EV quick chargers will assist the evergrowing variety of drivers using sustainable powertrains for ride-sharing functions. The New York Metropolis Taxi & Limousine Fee issued roughly 10,000 new licenses for electric-for-hire automobiles in October 2023.
This has introduced the share of EV journeys to over 10 p.c of the entire rideshare quantity, or roughly 1.5 million rides per 30 days.
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