The pilot program was launched by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) and Flo, a leading North American EV charging company and smart charging solutions provider, in June 2021. It includes 100 public Flo curbside Level 2 charging stations located across all five boroughs.
During the evaluation period, nearly 50,000 charging sessions were initiated by 7,200 unique users. Overall utilisation of the system, or the percentage of time the chargers were connected to a vehicle, reached 34% in December 2022. The efficiency rate of the system – the percentage of time that vehicles were actively charging while plugged in – was 81%. Flo maintained an uptime of over 99% on its network of chargers across the city.
EV adoption in New York City has grown rapidly in recent years. The New York City DOT has set ambitious targets for vehicle electrification to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. By 2030, the city will need over 40,000 publicly accessible Level 2 chargers to meet the projected demand of the nearly 400,000 EVs expected to be registered in the city.
The report will provide one of the first comprehensive evaluations of a curbside Level 2 EV charging program in the world. By benchmarking the usage patterns and performance of the Flo chargers deployed for the program, this evaluation provides valuable insights for policymakers and stakeholders in major cities looking to deploy curbside chargers.
