As gas prices continue to rise, some good news could be on the horizon for electric vehicle drivers in San Francisco.
Mayor Daniel Lurie and the president of the board of supervisors are pushing to put more curbside EV charging stations across the city.
Mayor Lurie is introducing legislation to add to the city’s 250-plus curbside stations already operating throughout San Francisco.
The city’s goal is for 25% of new vehicles to be electric, but for that to happen, drivers have to be confident they’ll have a place to charge, especially if they rent or live in apartments.
“If we want San Francisco to lead in EV technology, we have to build the infrastructure that supports it,” Lurie said.
“When people consider switching to electric vehicles, one of the first questions is, ‘Where am I going to charge it?’ The more options we create at home, in our parking facilities, and now on our curbs, the easier the decision becomes.”
The city’s first curbside EV chargers went live last April.
The goal is to have more than 1,700 chargers on San Francisco streets, public lots and garages by 2030.
The goal is for at least 100 of them to be curbside.