August 15, 2013
Contact: Marissa Monroy, City Development Coordinator
(915) 479-2647 or MonroyME@elpasotexas.gov
El Paso Grows
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Fleet
El Paso, Texas – The City of El
Paso is excited to announce the official commissioning of the electric vehicle
charging stations, which will now be available for public use. These stations
are located in various areas across the city including several Sun Metro
terminals and the El Paso International Airport. The City of El Paso, in
partnership with the University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso Community College
and the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP), used a $256,000 state
grant from the Texas State Energy Conservation Office’s Transportation
Efficiency Program to install 32 electric vehicle charging stations throughout
the city. UTEP has also used additional funding to install various other
stations throughout the UTEP campus.
Electric vehicle stations for
public use can now be found at the following locations (in some cases, there
are more than one charging stations at each location):
·
El
Paso International Airport, Short-Term Parking, 6701 Convair Road
·
City
Municipal Service Center, 7969 San Paulo Drive
·
Sun
Metro Westside Terminal, 2nd level, 7535 Remcon Circle
·
Sun
Metro Mission Valley Terminal, 9065 Alameda Avenue
·
Sun
Metro Glory Road Terminal, 2nd level, 100 E. Glory Road
·
UTEP
Schuster Parking Garage, 500 W. Schuster Avenue
·
UTEP
Academic Services Building Parking Lot, 501 W. Schuster Avenue
·
UTEP
Sun Bowl Parking Facility, 2522 Sun Bowl Drive
·
UTEP
Union Building East Parking Lot, 275 W. University Avenue
·
El
Paso Community College Valle Verde Campus, Advanced Technology Center, 919
Hunter Drive
·
HACEP
– Tio Cooper, 5301 Suncrest Drive
·
HACEP
– Paisano Green Community, 4000 E. Paisano Drive
·
HACEP
– Eisenhower Community, 5628 Eisenhower Avenue
·
HACEP
– Williams Community, 314 Resler Drive
·
HACEP
– Central Office Loading Dock, 5300 E. Paisano Drive
·
HACEP
– Central Office Guard Shack, 5301 E. Paisano Drive
·
HACEP
– Westfall Community, 10700 Vista del Sol Drive
“We realize that the real key to
encouraging electric vehicle use in this community is to provide the
infrastructure so drivers are not stranded without power,” said Marty Howell,
Director of Economic Development and Sustainability for the City of El Paso.
“That’s exactly why the City of El Paso, along with its partners, has committed
to providing an increasing number of electric vehicle charging stations
throughout the city.”
The City of El Paso and the
Housing Authority of the City of El Paso will host a news conference on Wednesday,
August 21, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. at the Paisano Green Community,
located at 4000 E. Paisano Drive., right across from the El Paso Zoo. The
public will get the opportunity to learn how electric vehicle charging stations
work and how the stations benefit the entire community.
Click here
for a map of electric vehicle charging locations.
Attached are images of the
electric vehicle charging stations and information about how to sign up for a Blink Network account to access the stations.
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