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
City’s public EV charger about to open
Written September 28th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
You may be surprised to learn, as I was, that this is National Drive Electric Week. Sophie Dykast at City Hall mentioned it when she told me that Albany’s first city-sponsored electric vehicle charging station will open to the public tomorrow, at 8:30 Wednesday morning.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: CARA, downtown Albany, electric charging station, EV chargers, Pacific Power, Sophie Dykast
Tags: CARA, downtown Albany, electric charging station, EV chargers, Pacific Power, Sophie Dykast
Downtown EV charger looks ready to use
Written September 4th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
The last few times I passed the CARA-sponsored electric-vehicle charging station in downtown Albany, the device was still shrouded in black plastic. But Saturday night, the plastic was gone and the thing looked ready to be used.
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Tags: Albany downtown, CARA, charging station, downtown charging station, EV chargers, JC Penney
Tags: Albany downtown, CARA, charging station, downtown charging station, EV chargers, JC Penney
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The future: EV chargers at apartments
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.
Tags: 2035, apartments, electric cars, EV chargers, EV charging, Level 2 chargers, tenants