An announcement from the Oregon Department of Transportation prompted me to take yet another look at the electric-vehicle charging station the City of Albany had installed downtown.
Public EV chargers: A question of practicality
Written January 2nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Albany is still waiting to hear whether it will receive a federal grant to pay for installing four more public electric-vehicle charging stations at key points in town.
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Tags: #alarm code, #Albany EV, #park and ride, Albany Station, electric vehicles, EV chargers
Tags: #alarm code, #Albany EV, #park and ride, Albany Station, electric vehicles, EV chargers
Albany eyes grant to add EV chargers
Written May 23rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Evidently undeterred by their experience with the lone city-sponsored electric-vehicle charger downtown, Albany officials hope to get federal money to pay for installing four more.
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Tags: charging stations, EV chargers, federal EV program, federal infrastructure law
Tags: charging stations, EV chargers, federal EV program, federal infrastructure law
The future: EV chargers at apartments
Written February 12th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The planned conversion to electric vehicles in the next generation will require a lot of places to charge car batteries. So I was interested to see a newly installed charger at The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex nearing completion at 595 Geary St. N.E.
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Tags: 2035, apartments, electric cars, EV chargers, EV charging, Level 2 chargers, tenants
Tags: 2035, apartments, electric cars, EV chargers, EV charging, Level 2 chargers, tenants
Scouting EV chargers and finding Oregon duds
Written February 7th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
This was a first: Never before Monday afternoon had I seen a car sitting in the space reseved for Albany’s city-owned public EV charging station downtown. But there’s more to the story than that.
Getting a charge downtown? Still checking
Written January 30th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The City of Albany’s public electric vehicle charger downtown is on my riverfront bike route, so I look at it every few days, wondering if it’s working again.
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Tags: Albany charger, charging problems, electric vehicles, EV chargers, Motor Trend, Penney lot, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany charger, charging problems, electric vehicles, EV chargers, Motor Trend, Penney lot, Water Avenue
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Tesla proposes EV station at site on Pacific
The Tesla company has told the Albany building department it plans to construct an electric vehicle charging station with 16 stalls on Southeast Pacific Boulevard.
Tags: charging stations, electrical permit, EV chargers, Pacific Boulevard, Tesla