New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced the selection of Wildflower to build the largest publicly accessible electric vehicle charging station in New York City.
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The development will include an initial 65 EV-ready charging stations, including 12 rapid charging stations, available 24/7 and can expand over time to support other vehicles including electric trucks, especially as the demand for these sites grows.
An “EV ready†site means it will be capable of easily supporting additional electric vehicle charging stations.
The project is anticipated to complete construction in 2025.
The facility, once completed, is initially estimated to charge 1,000 vehicles per year, with potential for growth depending on market demand.
The EV chargers are expected to serve all types of vehicles, with focus on the electric truck market as it matures and help avoid nearly 78,000 metrics tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2040.
Electrical conduits will also be installed throughout the site, to allow for additional charging stations to be added over time as demand grows.
With electric vehicles becoming more common in New York City and a shortage of electric vehicle charging in this part of the city, current electric vehicle drivers have a limited
number of charging stations in the area.
Through Wildflower’s development of this electric vehicle charging station, southeastern Jamaica and surrounding markets in Queens will become one of the leading electric vehicles charging infrastructures in the city.
The charging station will also help relieve the parking pressures in the surrounding neighborhood and around JFK Airport. 
Recently, the city announced several efforts towards electric vehicles and infrastructure by securing federal grants for the purchase of 180 electric school buses and the construction
of the “Recharge Hub,†the first community-driven freight focused electric vehicle charging depot in the nation.
The city also activated the first of five public e-battery charging stations in Manhattan’s Cooper Square to support e-bike use and prevent deadly lithium-ion battery fires. ■