Drivers Can Now Charge Electric Vehicles On UAB Campus

By Tiffany Westry

Drivers of electric vehicles are now able to charge their cars on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus. The electric vehicle service equipment, or EVSE, charging ports opened for use in February.

These charging ports are not the first to be placed on UAB’s campus. In 2016, six EVSEs were installed but were 240V, Level 2 plug-units that requires charging an electric vehicle overnight to reach a full battery. The new stations are the same type of plug-units capable of charging a battery within four hours. EV drivers will need to download the ChargePoint mobile app to use the EVSEs, and there is a $1 per hour fee.

The new EVSEs are available at these three locations:The idea for the project came from School of Medicine student Will Rutland in spring 2015 through an application to the UAB Sustainability Investment Fund, supported by UAB Sustainability and the Division of Student Affairs.

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