California taxpayers paying nearly $20M for wireless electric charging project at UCLA

Wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging is coming to a Southern California university’s streets with a hefty price tag that taxpayers are footing much of the bill for.

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is partnering with CALSTART and Electreon Wireless, Inc. to implement the charging infrastructure part of the “UCLA/Westwood Zero Emission Transit Service Expansion: Deploying Wireless Charging at Scale” project, according to documentation from the California State Transportation Agency