{"id":41822,"date":"2025-11-11T01:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41822\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T01:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:37:20","slug":"40-new-fast-chargers-coming-to-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41822\/","title":{"rendered":"40 new fast chargers coming to Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) is increasing its electric vehicle charging station network to accommodate the rising demand in Florida, which is second in the country for electric vehicle registrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OUC has actively developed infrastructure for electric vehicles, with its downtown Orlando charging hub in operation for two years and a second hub at the Orange County Convention Center opening a year ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJust across the state of Florida, the number of charging ports and electric vehicle adoption has increased significantly,\u201d said Nick Smith, OUC Senior Project Analyst.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The downtown Orlando charging station experienced a rise in usage, with over 1,100 drivers charging their vehicles there in August alone, highlighting the increasing demand and importance of such facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OUC\u2019s strategy involves analyzing regions with high traffic and population density to identify where charging infrastructure is most necessary. This method has directed the placement of their existing hubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The utility company has obtained approval for projects to install around 40 DC fast charging ports throughout the Orlando area, though the exact locations have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) is increasing its electric vehicle charging station network to accommodate the rising demand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[27757,2275,27758,3741,27759,27756,139,141,140,22369,6337],"class_list":["post-41822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-charging-station","tag-downtown-orlando","tag-electric-vehicle","tag-infrastructure","tag-nick-smith","tag-orange-county-convention-center","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-utilities-commission","tag-ouc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}