Electrical automobile chargers in Oyster Bay.
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LI houses can meet EV charging wants
An merchandise from The Level questioned whether or not Lengthy Island has sufficient chargers for all its electrical autos, noting there are solely 300 publicly out there charging stations on Lengthy Island [“Does LI have enough chargers for all its EVs?” Opinion, Sept. 16]. The merchandise didn’t clarify that at these charging places, there are a number of ports which permit extra autos to cost on the similar time, presently a complete of about 865 ports. However extra essential, there are lots of extra non-public chargers at our houses.
Lengthy Island is a superb marketplace for EVs as a result of we’re geographically compact and about 80% of us dwell in single-family houses able to assembly most of our charging wants. That’s about 800,00 houses, every able to conveniently and inexpensively charging EVs in a single day at 40% discounted electrical charges. Research present that 80% of EV charging occurs at house. I cost my EV nearly completely at house.
Residents of multi-unit dwellings do have extra challenges charging EVs. Nonetheless, beneficiant federal, New York State and PSEG Lengthy Island incentives can be found to considerably cut back the price of offering EV charging for multi-unit dwelling residents.
— Rosemary Mascali, Manhasset
The author chairs the Drive Electrical Lengthy Island Training and Outreach Committee.
I perceive Karthika Namboothiri’s concern in regards to the absence of sufficient publicly out there charging stations to help the expanded use of electrical autos on Lengthy Island. It appears clear, nonetheless, that the variety of out there charging stations right here is rising and can proceed to develop at a price that can help the increasing use of electrical vehicles.
The City of Oyster Bay has not too long ago authorized use of a $490,000 grant to finance the set up of twenty-two extra Degree 2 charging ports at city parks and different city amenities. Different cities are prone to observe Oyster Bay’s lead.
This summer season, my very own Plainview-Previous Bethpage Public Library, of which I’m a trustee, put in two charging stations in its parking zone, an initiative that doubtless can be adopted by different libraries all through Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The age of the electrical automobile is coming right here rapidly, and it’s more and more obvious that native municipalities already are recognizing that by offering the general public charging stations wanted to make it a actuality.
— Mike Polansky, Plainview
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