Port Authority Government Director Kathryn Garcia, Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole, NYPA CEO Justin Driscoll,
James DiGiovanni, NYC TLC deputy commissioner for coverage & neighborhood affairs minimize the ribbon to debut the 12 new EV chargers at LaGuardia Airport
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA) and New York Energy Authority (NYPA) minimize the ribbon to debut a row of fast-charging stations for electrical autos (EV) at LaGuardia Airport as the newest addition of the EVolve NY program.
Positioned at Grand Central Parkway’s Exit 7, the 12 new stations can absolutely cost a automobile’s battery in lower than half-hour, costing EV commuters about $35-45 for a full cost.
“I want to thank Governor Hochul who has charged not only the Port Authority, but also much more directly the New York Power Authority with sort of making sure we are prepared for the future,” stated PA Government Director Kathryn Garcia. “As she often says, we are the first generation to be experiencing the impact of climate change and the last generation to do anything about it.”
PA Government Director Kathyrn GarciaPhoto by Patrick Stachniak
Gov. Kathy Hochul invested $3 billion of the state’s price range for automobile electrification. The $250 million EVolve NY program is NYPA’s mission to make EVs an “affordable and convenient option” for New Yorkers by inserting them alongside freeway corridors, positioning them near exits for ease of entry. The LaGuardia station marks the three hundredth charger put in at over 63 places statewide, however NYPA plans to vastly enhance these numbers by including 400 extra chargers throughout 86 places by the top of 2026. At some point, a charging station will likely be discovered each 50 miles, although for now EV drivers can verify the EVolve NY map to seek out places.
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“It’s a great example of the collaboration and partnership that we’ve had over the years with the Port Authority, with the Borough of Queens, and the New York City region to try to drive transportation electrification,” stated NYPA CEO Justin Driscoll. “we’re really excited about today and what this means for the future of electrification, of transportation, and the clean energy economy that we’re all working towards.”
The charging ports are suitable with any EV with quick charging capabilities, although some Tesla automobiles require an adapter to make the most of the CHAdeMO port, out there at choose places. Earlier chargers round New York supplied 50 kW of charging energy, however the newest chargers tripled that determine, drastically chopping down on charging time.
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“Queens is home to more solar installations than anywhere else in New York City. Not only are we meeting the needs of drivers today, and for hire vehicle drivers, visiting our airports,” stated Queens Borough President Donavan Richards. “I can tell you we were doing a lot of work around ensuring that infrastructure was put in place, because one of the things we would hear from companies is that, ‘Hey, we want to electrify our fleet,’ but unfortunately, we cannot do that because the infrastructure is not in place… so today is really a solution.”
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The charging stations are additionally part of the PA’s local weather motion roadmap, which started after a 2021 announcement the place the authority pledged to observe the local weather objectives of former President Joe Biden’s administration, chopping emissions in half by 2030 with the final word objective of being net-zero by 2050.
“We are on track, and that is because we know that despite the hardships of climate change, it’s not always easy to decide to electrify your house or electrify something else. But that is the future, because climate change is not waiting for us,” stated Garcia.
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As part of Hochul and the state’s incentives towards electrification, EV drivers, now a complete of 100,000 on the roads throughout New York, are supplied the “Drive Clean Rebate,” which offers $2,000 in direction of the acquisition or lease of a automobile with an over 200 mile vary, although that determine decreases because the vary drops.
Former Mayor Eric Adams launched the Inexperienced Rides Initiative to start with of 2024, requiring that rideshare corporations like Uber and Lyft will guarantee 5% of excessive quantity rides are by autos which can be both zero-emission or wheelchair accessible. The benchmark will increase yearly, now as much as 25% complete by the top of 2026, till the transition is full by 2030. Nevertheless, Con Ed estimates that the end-goal would require 4,000-6,000 curbside EV chargers.
The NYC Taxi and Limousine Fee acknowledged that the initiative continues to be forward of schedule, reporting that 21% of rides had been in an EV or WAV as of August 2025.
