Skokie Gets An Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Skokie got a little greener this week after the village announced it is getting an electric car charging station, in a parking lot at Skokie Boulevard and Searle Parkway.

It will join existing ones at Golf Mill Shopping Center, Niles; Martin Nissan, 5240 Golf Road, Skokie; Star Nissan, 5757 W. Touhy Avenue, Niles; Lincolnwood Town Center, Lincolnwood and a couple of Evanston locations. 
  
Find electric charging stations and alternative fuel sources in the area on a map. 

it should be in place by late November, and will be able to charge two cars at once. 

The village released the following statement.

The Village of Skokie has competitively selected a firm to install an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station in the community. The North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium, of which Skokie is a member, worked together to receive proposals and identify prime locations for charging stations in their member communities.

Skokie will start with one EV charging station at the short-term parking lot at the northwest corner of Searle Parkway and Skokie Boulevard. This will be the first operational charging station within the consortium through this process. Installation is scheduled to begin in late November.  The Skokie charging station will initially be offered at no cost for visitors to charge their electric vehicle. The two parking spaces provided for the charging area will also be exempt from the 15-minute parking regulation. The station will have two plugs to charge two vehicles simultaneously, automatic retractable charge cords and a daylight-readable screen.  The consortium communities also are applying for the State of Illinois EV Charging station rebates that will return 50 percent of the charging station and installation costs to the Village of Skokie.