Free EV Charging at La Colonia Park!

The City of Solana Beach is committed to reducing GHG emissions from the transportation and energy sectors, two of the largest emitters of the community-wide GHG emissions. The City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) includes Pathways 3.3.1 ‘Decarbonize Transportation’ and 3.3.3 ‘Decarbonize Electric Supply’ which outlines strategies to increase electric vehicle adoption through public charging infrastructure, and to implement microgrids by installing renewable energy generation projects on municipal facilities. In addition, the City’s CAP includes a Social Equity Index that prioritizes public EV chargers near multi-family hubs and the La Colonia neighborhood. 

In support of this, the City has just installed a BEAM ARC Solar/Battery Electric Vehicle Charging Station at La Colonia Community Park. This charging station will not only provide free and equitable charging to the Solana Beach community, but it will also act as a back-up emergency energy source in the case of an outage. This charging station is entirely powered by solar energy and is free to use! Please note that energy storage will fluctuate with the generation of solar energy.  

We encourage residents to utilize this station as well as the three existing EV chargers at City Hall! Looking for chargers elsewhere? The Alternative Fuels Data Center and PlugShare are two reliable resources to track down the nearest charging station.