Revel opens first EV fast-charging hub in San Francisco

Brooklyn-based electric vehicle charging infrastructure startup revenue launched its first fast charging station in San Francisco on Monday, stopping the plan to expand across the bay area next year.

“Over the years, Revell operates the largest, fastest and most reliable charging network of New York City,” Frank Reig, co-founder and CEO of Reval, said in a statement. “Now we are bringing our model to the number one EV market in North America.”

The Bay Area has the highest rate of EV ownership in the country. In 2024, more than that 35% of new vehicles sales San was electronic in Francisco National average Of about 8%of.

The first west coast of the revel is in the city’s mission district and has 12 charger with 320 kW capable that is built by the EV charging company Kempower. Like revel stations across New York City, they will be publicly accessible to any make and model of EV.

The agency has reported that more than 125 chargers are planned to add to San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and southern Francisco urban centers next year.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Laury, who cut the opening ribbon on Monday, said that new chargers would make residents easier to switch to EVS.

Rive’s San Francisco launch comes a week after the launch 24 new charger John F. Kennedy in the New York City is located in the Hold Lot for the airport at the International Airport.

Last month, Revell A $ 60 million loan secured New York’s Clean Energy Investment Fund is more than triple from NY Green Bank to the city than its fast charging network. The agency says they are expecting 300 charges in New York later this year, including Mospeth, a 60-stall site in Queens and a 48-stall site outside the Laguardia Airport.

“Our goal in the revel is to bring reliable rapid charging to dense urban areas where EVs can have the most impact on the quality of life, but where the charging is the most difficult,” Rivel’s co-founder and COO Pao Soe said in a statement.