Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Update

Please note that the publicly available EV charging stations at the following locations will no longer be available for charging as of June 1, 2026. View more information here.

  • Fort De Soto Park Beach Parking  
  • Sand Key Park Beach Parking 
  • Florida Botanical Gardens 
  • Palm Harbor Library  
  • Pinellas County Courthouse (315 Court St., Clearwater) 
  • Pinellas County Justice Center (14250 49th St. N., Clearwater) 
  • St. Petersburg Judicial Building (545 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg) 

Electric vehicles and County operations

Pinellas County is currently evaluating the benefits of using electric vehicles (EVs) for County operations and the charging stations and maintenance needed to support them.

The County experienced significant advantages by replacing gasoline-powered utility carts with electric utility carts. Pinellas County now has 80 electric utility carts in operation. Notably, the cost of ownership for EV utility carts is considerably lower than that of their gasoline counterparts.

Electric Chevrolet Bolt vehicle parked in front of Pinellas County's Solid Waste Disposal Complex
Ford electric van

Case Study: Solid Waste Department’s Chevrolet Bolts

Powered by your trash

In 2021, Pinellas County’s Solid Waste department added two fully electric Chevrolet Bolts to its fleet. These vehicles are used by Solid Waste staff and charged at the County’s Solid Waste Disposal Complex, which includes the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility. The WTE facility turns trash from Pinellas County residents, businesses and visitors into electricity, which is added to the local electric grid and is enough to power about 45,000 homes and businesses every day.

The WTE facility also helps prevent methane gas emissions from waste breaking down in landfills. These facilities produce less emissions than sending waste to a landfill would, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Learn more about the County’s WTE facility

Photo of Pinellas County's two 2021 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles in front of the Pinellas County Waste-to-Energy facility

Reducing operational costs

Purchasing two electric vehicles has the potential to save the Pinellas County Solid Waste department more than $3,000 in fuel costs over the course of the cars’ lifetimes, according to Duke Energy’s Fleet Electrification Calculator.* Maintenance costs also tend to be lower for a fully electric vehicle due to fewer moving parts, fewer fluids to change and reduced brake wear.

*This estimate assumes a gas price of $2.68, an energy cost of $0.11 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and 75 miles driven per week.