West Sacramento residents crowdfund new EV charging station. Find out where
Ten new electric vehicle charging stations were unveiled in West Sacramento Tuesday morning.
In an effort to promote clean energy infrastructure, the charging stations was a result of public crowdfunding in West Sacramento, according to a press release. The station is a part of the newly opened Quick Quack car wash on 752 Ikea Ct.
Residents and the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and EnergIIZE rebates raised more than $1 million to create the EV station, the news release said. It is estimated that the EV station site will balance 11,400 CO2 tons by year, according to the project’s website. That’s equivalent to getting rid of 1.2 million gasoline gallons.
EVs have been described as a cost-effective fuel option as well. Robert Hymes is the chief development officer at Mynt Systems. He said, for example, his drive from Santa Cruz to West Sacramento only cost him $7. Mynt Systems partnered with Quick Quack to house the EV chargers.
“Commuters are freaking out as they watch their driving costs double overnight,” Hymes said. “It’s frustrating, and it feels powerless, but it doesn’t need to be that way.”
Mynt Systems was the developer of the EV station and is a development, engineering and construction firm.
The Sacramento region currently has more than 200 EV charging stations, according to ChargeFinder.
More than 2.5 million EVs were sold in California as of the end of 2025, according to the California Energy Commission. The commission estimates that there are more than 200,00 EV public and shared EV charging ports, surpassing the number of gas pump nozzles.
Will Wiseman, the CEO of Climatize, said the building of EV chargers is part of something larger than a substitute for a gas station. It’s assisting in building environmental infrastructure “at a time when energy is not just an environmental conversation, but a geopolitical one,” he said.
“This is what progress looks like. It’s not one big moment, it’s many small decisions that are aligned,” Wiseman said. “It’s partnerships like this one and projects like this one, and it’s communities like West Sacramento choosing to be part of this.”
The U.S. Department of Energy said EVs have been shown to refine the fuel economy, decrease fuel costs and lower the environmental affects on air quality.
This story was originally published April 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM.
