Kempower provides EV fast-charging solutions for Revel at Pier 36 in Manhattan, fastest charging station in NYC

Lower Manhattan, NY – In a monumental leap towards sustainable urban mobility Kempower and Revel, the leading provider of public fast charging in New York City; celebrated the opening of state-of-the-art DC fast charging hub at Pier 36 in Lower Manhattan, New York City.   

The installation was celebrated on Thursday, 25th September 2024, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Revel’s newest charging station commissioned by Kempower.  

“Hundreds of thousands of rideshare and taxi trips go in and out of Manhattan every day. With our new Pier 36 Charging Station, Revel is bringing the fastest charging on the market directly to those drivers so they can access EVs easier — saving them money and saving us all from breathing in more needless car pollution,” said Frank Reig, Revel’s Co-Founder & CEO. “This is our first deployment of Kempower chargers, bringing the highest speeds and reliability to our network. We're looking forward to adding them to more sites in the future."  

Located right off the FDR Drive, this strategic EV fast charging site will become a highly sought-after EV charging hub in North America; particularity useful to the more than 100,000 rideshare drivers electrifying under New York City’s Green Rides Initiative. The City of New York requires the city's rideshare fleet to be made up of either zero-emission vehicles or wheelchair accessible vehicles by 2030.  Under the proposed guidelines, NYC will become the first large city in the world to have a rideshare fleet that is entirely zero-emissions or wheelchair accessible.   

“This first-ever overwater EV charging site is situated in the Lower East Side over the East River, between the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges,” said Jed Routh, VP of Markets and Products, North America. “This prime location ensures maximum convenience for drivers, further encouraging the shift towards electric vehicles. Kempower’s dynamic load sharing technology and well-designed user-interface makes charging extremely easy for EV drivers.”  

About the Pier 36 charging hub:  

• Revel is installing a total of 10 Kempower Satellite chargers connected to Kempower Power Unit  

• 5 Kempower Satellite chargers with CCS1 (320kW max)  

• 5 Kempower Satellite charges with NACS (280kW max)  

• These fast chargers will be available to the public 24/7 and can charge any model EV, with both CCS and NACS plugs.   

• Revel’s Pier 36 Charging Station incorporates climate-resilient design, with electrical equipment built above the flood plain.  

 

Kempower Media: 

Paula Savonen, VP, Communications, Kempower 
paula.savonen@kempower.com 
tel. +358 400 343 851  

 

Kempower in brief  
We design and manufacture reliable and user-friendly DC fast-charging solutions for electric vehicles. Our vision is to create the world’s most desired EV charging solutions for everyone, everywhere. Our product development and production are based in Finland and in the U.S., with the majority of our materials and components sourced locally. We focus on all areas of e-mobility, from electric cars, trucks, and buses to machines and marine. Our modular and scalable charging system and world-class software are designed by EV drivers for EV drivers, enabling the best user experience for our customers around the world. Kempower is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Stock Exchange in Finland. www.kempower.com