San Bernardino has received a $14 million federal grant to build the city’s first public charging network for electric vehicles, officials announced Tuesday.
The funding is from the Federal Highway Administration’s Charging and Feuling Infrastructure Grant Program and will cover the costs for Arcadia-based EVC to construct and operate 101 electric vehicle charging stations at parks, libraries, senior centers and other locations in San Bernardino.
The project calls for 77 Level 2 and 24 DC fast chargers at 15 city-owned locations — six parks, a soccer complex, the main library, City Hall, police department, City Yard and several downtown parking facilities. All sites will have Level 2 and DC fast chargers, Level 1 outlets to charge e-bikes and scooters and a 200-kilowatt-hour battery energy storage system…