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Tesla and Dirt Road electric vehicle chargers at the Ortega Garage in Santa Barbara.
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City of Santa Barbara Opens 16 Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers in Ortega Parking Garage

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The City of Santa Barbara’s Sustainability & Resilience Department and Public Works Department are proud to announce the opening of the first electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers hosted at a City facility. The new fast chargers, located at the Ortega Parking Garage (Lot 10) in the heart of downtown, can rapidly charge any EV with up to a 200-mile range in as little as 15 minutes.  

The Ortega garage site includes 12 Tesla Superchargers on the third floor of the garage and four ChargePoint fast chargers on the second floor. With this combination of charger types, any EV can now charge at the Ortega Garage regardless of the vehicle make or charging connector. The City of Santa Barbara received a $160,000 California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP) grant from the California Energy Commission, and developed agreements with Tesla and Carbon Solutions Group EV LLC (CSG) to install the chargers.  

Having successfully installed and operated 46 public Level-2 EV chargers over the past ten years, the City continues to expand EV charging access. The City is currently developing additional public charger installations, and has already secured more than $3.5 million in grant funding for new installations throughout the City.   

For additional information about the City’s EV chargers please visit SantaBarbaraCA.gov/EVCharging. For additional information about the City’s new EV rebate program please visit SBCleanEnergy.com.