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EV charging station sold in Bronx as city amps up public ports plan
An electric vehicle charging station operated by a Warren
Buffet-backed auto company in the Bronx has traded for $3.8 million.
Cushman & Wakefield announced that it arranged the sale
of 1481 Blondell Avenue, a 14,580s/f charging center operated by BYD
Automobile, the automotive subsidiary of the Chinese multinational BYD Co Ltd.
Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway holds an 8.2 percent stake in the Chinese electric automaker – more than it does of General Motors – which sold more than 130,000 pure-electric passenger cars last year. In June, BYD sold 51,015 vehicles alone, as overall sales increased by 51 per cent amid a boom in demand for plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Jonathan Squires, who along with Josh Neustadter,
represented BYD in the sale, said the transaction was indicative of a shift in
investor appetite.
“Over the past six months, we have witnessed the impact the
evolution of the automobile has had on the Bronx real estate market,” said
Squires. “Investor appetite has clearly shifted as some of our most recent
sales have included gas stations, parking garages, a taxi depot and now an
electric car charging center. We are currently marketing or have under contract
a used car lot, a muffler shop and an entire block of auto repair shops.”
The charging site at 1481 Blondell Avenue features three
drive in entrances with curb-cuts around the perimeter of the building and 15
foot ceilings throughout the lower level.
BYD bought the site for $1.55 million in 2014. They installed
a heavy power supply and used it as a charging station for a fleet of electric
vehicles, including ride share drivers.
According to public records, the buyer was Joseph Pogostin’s Tremont Garage Realty.
The sale comes as the city amps up a program to increase the
number of EV charging stations. In June, the city’s first curbside
electric-vehicle charging station opened in the Norwood section of the Bronx,
with 100 curbside ports across the five boroughs set to be installed by October.
Electric-vehicle use has grown dramatically in recent years:
New York City now has nearly 15,000 registered EVs, over 5,000 of which were
purchased just in the last year.
With that growth, new charging stations must come online to
meet growing demand: right now, over 1,400 Level 2 charging plugs (which can
provide an 80 percent charge in four to eight hours) and 117 fast charging
plugs (providing an 80 percent charge in 30 – 60 minutes) can be found within
New York City, with the vast majority located in Manhattan parking garages.
The curbside pilot program will bring 100 Level 2 charging
ports to over 20 neighborhoods across the five boroughs, with 20 additional
charging ports serving city fleet vehicles.
The city is partnering with FLO, a North American charging
network operator for EVs under contract with Con Edison. Charging will cost
$2.50 per hour during the day (7am-7pm) and $1.00 per hour overnight. A daytime
charge will be equivalent to fueling up at a gas station, while overnight
charging may be over 60 percent cheaper.
The citywide pilot program aims to increase the adoption of EVs, critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and will enable New York City to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
“Transportation is responsible for nearly 30 percent of
the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, most of which come from passenger
cars,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman. “With sales of EVs at
record levels, now is the time to develop a robust, convenient and
publicly-accessible charging network so that more New Yorkers can go electric.”
Globally, there could be as many as 20 million public
charging points installed by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency as global sales of
electric vehicles rise to 56 million units by 2040.
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