The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled Wednesday a newly completed public charging station for electric vehicles, located at the Municipal Parking Field on White Plains Road in the East Bronx.

The new charging station will allow people who own electric vehicles in the Bronx access to four fast chargers that will boost most EV batteries to 80% in as little as 20 minutes, with special discounts for drivers licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) when they sign up with the city.

Commissioner of the DOT, Ydanis Rodriguez, who used to drive a taxi in the Bronx, said that the borough had been

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