New electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are coming to Seattle.
Seattle City Light has picked 31 new sites after input from 1,800 community members. The program aims to provide charging infrastructure for EV owners who lack off-street parking charging options, though anyone will be able to use the sites on a first-come, first-served basis.
The new “level 2” charging sites will provide enough juice in an hour to run a typical EV more than 30 miles, slower than the city’s seven fast-charging sites. The current cost at the one completed level 2 site is $0.21 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), which provides a typical EV enough energy to travel more three miles.
The charging sites will be placed on wood poles, steel poles, and standalone pedestals.
City Light will evaluate the pilot program before considering expanding, according to a spokesperson.
Construction is expected to be 50% complete by the end of May. The project helps meet the goals of the city’s transportation electrification strategic plan, which include expanding at-home and near-home charging stations. Five more fast-charging sites are also planned.
The city aims to reduce transportation emissions to 83% of 2008 levels by 2030. More than 60,000 EVs operate in Seattle’s King County.
Here is a list of the locations, along with a map:
- 300 block W Mercer St
- 4000 block E McGilvra St
- 1700 block N 46th St
- 1600 block NE 143rd St
- 300 block N 45th St
- 400 block NE Maple Leaf Pl
- 1700 block NW 57TH St
- 3900 block Whitman Ave N
- 500 block 20th Ave E
- 4200 block Stone Way N
- 300 block Pontius Ave N
- 1100 block 13th Ave
- 7000 block 17th Ave SW
- 1300 block 12th Ave S
- 6000 block 16th Ave SW
- 4700 block 35th Ave S
- 1700 block 15th Ave
- 600 block 7th Ave S
- 4800 block Fauntleroy Way SW
- 1900 block Fairview Ave E
- 1400 block S Hill St
- 1700 block S Forest St
- 4800 block California Ave SW
- 2100 block California Ave SW
- 700 block 143rd St
- 100 block Bellevue Ave E
- 3600 block Dayton Ave N
- 200 block MLK Jr Way S
- 2900 block Fuhrman Ave E
- 500 block Valley St
- 500 block W Olympic Pl
