City officials on Thursday unveiled a new electric vehicle fleet charging depot at Pittsburgh’s Second Avenue Parking Plaza and announced plans to buy new electric recycling trucks.
The charging station, housed in the Pittsburgh Parking Authority’s lot in the city’s Bluff neighborhood, is the largest in Western Pennsylvania, according to city officials. It will allow the city to charge its electric vehicle fleet, which currently includes 26 fully electric vehicles.
The charging depot includes 15 dual-hose chargers, which can fully charge a vehicle in six to eight hours. The site – which will become the city’s main electric fleet charging depot – will be capable of charging 30 electric vehicles simultaneously. This moves the city toward its climate goal of converting to a completely electric vehicle fleet by 2030.
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