NYC picks it's electric for its 600-point curbside charging expansion

it's electric said on September 15, 2026 that the City of New York and the New York Power Authority selected it to build the city's permanent curbside electric vehicle charging network across all five boroughs, replacing the city's current pilot infrastructure with hundreds of new curbside chargers over three years. The expansion the New York City Department of Transportation announced on August 4, 2026 is 600 new curbside charging points over three years, which DOT counts together with the existing 88 Level 2 points as nearly 700 and which the company's release calls 700. The Brooklyn company says Boyce Technologies will manufacture its chargers in Queens, with Maverick Corporation building and SWTCH Energy supplying the back-end platform.

NYC DOT's release says the city launched a curbside Level 2 charging pilot in 2021 with Con Edison and has operated the 88-point network since the pilot ended in 2025, with the points occupied by an EV over 70% of the time. The agency said it would contract with NYPA to procure the equipment and construction subcontractors, and would operate and maintain the chargers via contract with control over the to-be-determined price charged to EV owners. It said it would choose neighborhoods on high residential density, limited off-street parking, a high concentration of TLC-licensed drivers and input from TLC drivers themselves, starting with a list that runs from Soundview and Unionport in the Bronx to Stapleton on Staten Island and includes Rego Park, Red Hook and Washington Heights, with more to come. The company's release also names a contract with the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

The 88 existing points are described two ways. The company's release says it will replace the city's current pilot infrastructure; DOT's release says the agency will keep operating the existing stations, and Streetsblog, in its September 15, 2026 report, describes the city as operating 88 points from FLO and expanding by 600 with it's electric. Streetsblog also says co-founder Tiya Gordon hopes to begin installations in the first quarter of 2027.

Gothamist reported on September 15, 2026, citing the DOT, that the deal comprises two contracts, $55.3 million for installation and $4.9 million for operating, and that the city gave New Yorkers until September 30, 2026 to comment on the proposed locations through an online portal.

The release ties the buildout to the TLC's Green Rides initiative, which it says requires all TLC-licensed Uber and Lyft trips to be electric or accessible by 2030, and says a bridge round led by Halogen Ventures brings its total funding raised to date to $15 million. It follows the JFK Park fast-charging hub in Queens, whose groundbreaking NYCEDC and Wildflower announced on September 9, 2026.