{"id":855,"date":"2025-08-25T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/?p=855"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:51:16","slug":"electric-vehicle-public-charging-in-sudbury","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/2025\/08\/25\/electric-vehicle-public-charging-in-sudbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicle Public Charging"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"versionHeadLine\" class=\"headline\"><span style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 2rem\">Charge Your Electric Vehicle in Sudbury<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"cc8ff9f8ae-d6f2-4c6e-b03a-b65535e5ece3\" class=\"pageContent cpGrid cpGrid24\" data-containerid=\"8ff9f8ae-d6f2-4c6e-b03a-b65535e5ece3\">\n<div class=\"row outer wide\">\n<div class=\"outer col col24 first last\" data-widgetcontainerid=\"0486e95e-9cad-4d67-89b9-191e7ed8e130\">\n<div class=\"row nest first last wide\">\n<div class=\"inner col col24 first last idcb0a56ac-bcc1-4570-93f7-6dedfab026c4\" data-widgetcontainerid=\"cb0a56ac-bcc1-4570-93f7-6dedfab026c4\">\n<div id=\"divEditor39723c40-b42f-4f6c-961f-8a35a67884dd\" class=\"widget editor pageStyles wide\" data-elementqueryclasses=\"{&quot;wide-narrow&quot;:&quot;min-width:25em&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"fr-view\">\n<p>The Town of Sudbury currently operates 11 public Level 2 (L2) EV chargers (22 ports).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Cost<\/h3>\n<p>Price effective July 1, 2025<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">$0.42\/kWh<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Idle fee $3\/hour<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">incurs 30 minutes <em>after<\/em> vehicle is fully charged<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Payment via <\/span><span style=\"color: #eb0000\"><a style=\"color: #eb0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redecharge.com\/red-e-charge-app\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Red E <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Charge <\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">app.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divEditor39723c40-b42f-4f6c-961f-8a35a67884dd\" class=\"widget editor pageStyles wide\" data-elementqueryclasses=\"{&quot;wide-narrow&quot;:&quot;min-width:25em&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"fr-view\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redecharge.com\/red-e-charge-app\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Red-E-Charge-Button.jpg?version=7e110df789d156a72890cbe4b36bc708\" alt=\"Red E Charge - Download the app to start charging today!\" width=\"290\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Red-E-Charge-Button.jpg 1335w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Red-E-Charge-Button-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Red-E-Charge-Button-1024x420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Red-E-Charge-Button-768x315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Red-E-Charge-Button-500x205.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"divEditor39723c40-b42f-4f6c-961f-8a35a67884dd\" class=\"widget editor pageStyles wide\" data-elementqueryclasses=\"{&quot;wide-narrow&quot;:&quot;min-width:25em&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"fr-view\">\n<h3>Locations<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Fairbank Community Center<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">40 Fairbank Road<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Park &amp; Rec (2 Chargers\/4 Ports) and Senior Center (2 Chargers\/4 Ports)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Department of Public Works<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">275 Old Lancaster Road<br \/>\n<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem\">2 Chargers\/4 Ports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Police Department<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">75 Hudson Road<br \/>\n<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem\">1 Charger\/2 Ports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Goodnow Library<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">21 Concord Road<br \/>\n<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem\">4 Chargers\/8 Ports<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Additional electric charging station locations may be found via <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/chargehub.com\/map\/#\/en\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"ChargeHub Opens in new window\">ChargeHub<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">,&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evgo.com\/find-a-charger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"EVgo Opens in new window\">EVgo<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plugshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"PlugShare Opens in new window\">PlugShare<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> or other sites\/apps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 1.5rem\">FAQ<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Why is the Town shifting from free public charging to a fee-based structure?<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining public EV chargers incurs costs, including the electricity used for charging and regular maintenance costs with the vendor. Charging a fee for the use of the public chargers positions the Town to equitably offset these costs to provide public EV charging infrastructure to the entire community. The current charging rate of $0.42\/kWh was established based on a review of rates in neighboring communities across the greater Boston and MetroWest region and is intended to reflect a balance between fair, market-based pricing and a need to cover the basic costs of the program. The rate will be reviewed periodically to maintain that balance. At 2025 Town Meeting, an Electric Vehicle Charging Revolving Fund was established to ensure that any revenue from the public EV charging stations would be secured specifically for continued investment in the viability and reliability of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">What is an Idle Fee?<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">An idle fee is assessed when a vehicle remains connected to a charger after it is fully charged. The purpose of the fee is to encourage vehicle owners who are occupying the EV charging space to free up the space for other users in a reasonable amount of time. Town of Sudbury charging stations offer a 30 minute grace period once a vehicle has been fully charged. After charging is completed and the additional 30 minutes have passed, users will be charged an additional $3.00\/hour for each hour that the space is occupied.&nbsp; The fee is charged in full-hour increments, beginning at the end of the grace period.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"divEditor39723c40-b42f-4f6c-961f-8a35a67884dd\" class=\"widget editor pageStyles wide\" data-elementqueryclasses=\"{&quot;wide-narrow&quot;:&quot;min-width:25em&quot;}\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redecharge.com\/red-e-charge-app\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-919 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Sudbury-Public-EV-Chargers-Flyer-3-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Sudbury-Public-EV-Chargers-Flyer-3-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Sudbury-Public-EV-Chargers-Flyer-3-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Sudbury-Public-EV-Chargers-Flyer-3-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Sudbury-Public-EV-Chargers-Flyer-3-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2025\/06\/Sudbury-Public-EV-Chargers-Flyer-3.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EV Charging Stations<br \/>\nCost: $0.42\/kWh<br \/>\nLocations: Fairbank Community Center, DPW, Police Department and GOODNOW LIBRARY EV CHARGERS NOW OPEN <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/2025\/08\/25\/electric-vehicle-public-charging-in-sudbury\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Electric Vehicle Public Charging\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}