GRTC unveils EV charging stations for fleet of on-demand vehicles
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GRTC unveiled brand-new electric vehicle charging stations Tuesday morning, part of an effort to help more people while helping the environment.
Established in partnership with Dominion Energy, the charging stations will support five of the 17 vans used in GRTC’s LINK Microtransit program, which offers free rides to residents in dedicated zones.
“Think Uber, Lyft, but a public transportation version of it,” said Adrienne Torres with GRTC. “It’s on demand. So if you call in, or if you use our app – it’s app-based, we try to push toward that – a vehicle will arrive within 20 minutes.
Torres said they previously had only one charging station, but through Dominion’s Fleet Charging infrastructure program, they now have five.
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