Thanks to a recently launched $5 billion program by the Biden admiration to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging networks nationwide, the Philadelphia region will most likely soon see several new charging stations being installed. Mike D’Onofrio and Taylor Allen plugged into the particulars for Axios.

Access to the battery revival sites is becoming increasingly important in Pa., which had over 29,000 registered passenger EVs as of November 2020. That’s more than double the 2017 figure. The majority of the vehicles were registered in the Philadelphia region.

Currently, there are about 224 public charging stations within a 15-mile radius of Center City, 16 of which are free.

Philadelphia also installed 47 Level-2 stations, which can charge a car in three to eight hours. With that timeline, the city can easily and efficiently service its fleet of municipal EVs.

According to Kenney administration spokesperson Kevin Lessard, the city is “exploring all the options for making EV charging more accessible throughout the city, including building mandates and incentives, public-private partnerships, and more.”

City operations generate about 3% of citywide greenhouse gas emissions, with 13% of that coming from its fleet of 5,500 vehicles. The city has a goal to stop buying internal combustion engines by 2030.

Read more about charging stations at Axios.