Credit: Grid Engine
Two electric vehicle charging stations are coming to Levittown.
Chargepoint Inc. will receive a $254,191 grant to purchase, install, and maintain two DC fast chargers at they Burger King at the corner of New Falls Road and Veterans Highway (Route 413) in Bristol Township’s Levittown section.
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The charging stations marks the second electric vehicle charging location in the Levittown area. The other location is at Peruzzi Nissan on Lincoln Highway in Falls Township.
The money for Chargepoint will come from the state and originated as part of Pennsylvania’s share of the settlement with Volkswagen Group of America for cheating on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions tests.
In the Philadelphia region, grant money from the VW settlement will pay for SEPTA to replace five older diesel service vehicles with new ones to operate in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
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Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said the grants are designed to improve air quality.
