In April, Revel opened a new EV charging station in south Williamsburg that features 15 public EV charging stalls capable of charging speeds of up to 150 kilowatt-hours. The Brooklyn-based company announced in January plans to expand their services with five new public and universally accessible EV quick charging stations across Queens, Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan and the Bronx, bringing the total of charging stations to 160.
Revel also operates a fleet of blue-painted electric Tesla Model Y’s and Model 3’s that operate as taxis hailed through their app.
Mayor Eric Adams joined the company, along with Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) chair, David Do and Economic Development Corporation (EDC) head Andrew Kimball to celebrate the opening of Revel’s second public EV charging station.
“New York City is plugging into a cleaner, greener future,” said Adams. “This station, the largest publicly accessible ultra-fast charging station in New York state, will help support the electrification of New York City’s Uber and Lyft fleet by 2030, as I announced in my State of the City address this year. Drivers want to drive electric vehicles, but New York City needs more chargers.”
The new Revel EV charging station is in the garage of the historic Dime building at 260 S. Fourth St., where Revel recently moved its headquarters. Like the company’s flagship station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the new one is open to the public 24/7, with no entry fee, and is able to charge any brand of EV.
The South Williamsburg charging superhub is the first of Revel’s new superhubs to be completed, with three more on the way: a 60-stall charging hub in Queens; a 30-stall hub in the South Bronx; and a 10-stall site in Lower Manhattan.
“New Yorkers want to go electric, many already have, but before EVs can become the main way we get around on four-wheels, we need more places to get a quick and reliable charge,” said Frank Reig, CEO & co-founder of Revel. “Before this year, the outlook for significant new EV infrastructure was not optimistic. I’m proud to say that’s no longer the case. Revel is not just changing the landscape of public fast charging in the city, with the South Williamsburg Superhub and more sites coming over the next year, we’re creating it.”
Revel says it is building public fast charging stations where they can have the greatest positive impact on New York’s EV adoption, especially in the for-hire-vehicle industry. Four in five for-hire vehicle drivers live in the outer boroughs with scarce access to public EV charging.
Revel will also open a 20-stall site in Red Hook, Brooklyn, the “Red Hook Recharge Zone,” which will have vehicle-to-grid technology and solar+storage to support local grid resiliency. Further Superhub details, including location and charging speeds, can be found on Revel’s map of New York City public fast charging here: gorevel.com/infra/map
“This new Superhub just expanded the city’s map of fast-charging infrastructure, and we are excited about the other Superhubs coming very soon,” said NYC Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Do. “These Superhubs will support the transformation of the city’s for-hire fleets to fully electric, and they are exactly the kind of Investments we need to transform New York into an EV-friendly city.”
Sources: Brooklyn Paper, Revel