Batavia residents will soon have another option to charge their electric vehicles: a charging station set to open in November at the Batavia Public Library.

At the Batavia City Council meeting Monday, council members approved an agreement with the public library to have a charging station installed in the library’s parking lot.

The new charging station at the library will be a Level 3, or direct-current fast charging, which essentially provides more miles of range with a shorter charge time, according to the Alternative Fuels Data Center from the United States Department of Energy.

The city recently opened a Level 3 charging station at Batavia High School, City Administrator Laura Newman said at a past meeting. And they already have a Level 2 charging station in the west parking l

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