The costs of Doña Ana County’s new EV chargers

Doña Ana County recently announced that three new charging stations had been purchased by the County and were now open to users. Here are the costs of each charger as requested from the County.

The 865 Anthony Dr. station cost: $12,062.93

The 133 Franklin St. station in Hatch cost: $15,017.48.

The 845 N. Motel Blvd. station cost: $22,000.16. 

The difference is likely due to variations in installation cost. Total cost of the three charging units is just under $50,000.

Remarks made by Jonathan Macias, Assistant County Manager for Doña Ana County were interesting as reported by KRWG):

Macias said that county leadership’s been advocating for expansion of the area’s renewable energy footprint, and while the new EV chargers are a piece of that, he said that gas powered vehicles aren’t going anywhere.

“There will always be a place for [the internal combustion engine], especially in our own fleet, where we need heavy duty vehicles, and the technology is just not there yet for full electrification. What it does mean is more option and choice and quite frankly, a lower operational cost that we hope to pass back on in the form of reduced operation costs that we’ll reprogram in our funding here at the county.”