New York City has launched a first-of-its-kind EV charging station in the city — a station under a solar canopy at a public school on Staten Island, combining on-site renewable power with routine fleet charging in a setup that could lower costs, cut pollution, and strengthen city operations.
The installation is also an opening move in a borough-by-borough plan to bring similar equipment to other parking lots the city controls.
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At Staten Island’s Michael J. Petrides School, the new setup adds six Level 2 charging ports for municipal electric vehicles and school-related use, according to Solar Builder.
Passed in 2024, Local Law 63 created a pilot effort to place solar canopies in all five boroughs, and Solar Builder said the Petrides School installation is the first project finished under that law.
City officials, as cited by Solar Builder, said the sustainable fleet project received over $250,000 in funding. The same report said the addition brings New York City’s municipal EV charging network to more than 2,600 ports and supports a fleet of 5,970 electric vehicles…