Overview
- Electrify America opened a large-format station at 36 West Carrillo Street, which opened Wednesday and offers 20 Hyper-Fast chargers that can deliver up to 350 kW each.
- The site includes a 1.9 megawatt battery energy storage system, which is Electrify America’s largest public BESS deployment to date and will charge during low demand or high solar output then discharge at peak times.
- All stalls open with CCS connectors, and Electrify America says it will convert some chargers to Tesla’s NACS later this summer as part of an ongoing pilot to broaden access.
- The hub reuses the former Greyhound depot in downtown Santa Barbara as the company’s second local station, and independent reporting notes the city has been relatively underserved for public fast chargers so the site should cut wait times.
- The Carrillo Street location is one of Electrify America’s four California large-format sites and fits the company’s wider plan to scale high-power public charging and reduce the need for costly local grid upgrades, a move local officials say supports state zero-emission vehicle goals.