PM unveils first public charging station for electric vehicles

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (centre) at one of the charging stations (Office of the Prime Minister photo)

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday  unveiled Guyana’s first publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the Amazonia Mall in Providence.

The station is one of six that are now officially accessible to the public, a release from the Office of the Prime Minister said. These public charging stations are currently under a three-month trial and testing phase supervised by Guyana Energy Agency’s (GEA) engineers.

The initiative, spearheaded by the Government through the GEA, was established at a cost of $39.3m.