At a time when extra Lengthy Islanders than ever are driving EVs and Hybrids, there are nonetheless only a few public EV chargers obtainable to members of the driving public.
Press convention with elected officers and EV drivers from Lengthy Island might be held on Tuesday, October 25 at 10:30 a.m. to announce the “Energy Up in a Park” Initiative that may convey EV charging stations to a number of North Hempstead City Parks. The occasion might be held in Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park, NY, which is about to obtain charging stations below the initiative, and electrical autos will kind the backdrop of the occasion.
The City of North Hempstead on Nassau County’s North Shore is dwelling to over 231,000 residents, however based on plugshare.com, a well-liked website to find EV chargers, there are solely eight public EV chargers obtainable inside the City’s borders.
With rising fuel costs and new incentives from the Federal Authorities boosting curiosity in electrical autos, EV gross sales have seen a pointy improve within the US through the first half of 2022 when in comparison with the identical interval in 2021, rising from 3.6% of all new autos within the US to six.2%.
Sadly, the area’s charging station infrastructure has not stored tempo with car gross sales, holding again many potential automobile patrons from selecting an electrical car on account of “vary nervousness,” or the concern {that a} car will not be capable of attain a charging station earlier than operating out of energy.
By increasing entry to charging stations, extra Lengthy Islanders will really feel comfy making the change to an electrical car sooner or later.
