Evanston Electric Car Charging Stations Planned to Open in Early June
Construction will begin April 16 and will likely last six weeks.
By the beginning of June, Evanston residents will likely have access to several new solar-powered, electrical-vehicle charging spaces at three locations around town. I-Go, a Chicago-based nonprofit car sharing business, will begin building ‘solar canopies’ at three Evanston locations on April 16, and construction is expected to last six weeks. Each canopy will have four charging stations -- two to recharge I-Go owned low emission electric vehicles, which the company recently added to its fleet, and two where anyone driving an electric car can charge up for a fee. The solar canopies will be located in parking lots three blocks west of the Central Street Metra station (Lot 3), behind the Evanston Public Library (Lot 4) and on Hinman Avenue …
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Millie
8:40 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012
This article failed to mention the number of parking places that will be lost at each of these lots. How much parking revenue is the city going to lose? more ›