Electric car drivers in Newport Beach have 20 new opportunities to recharge their rides.

New public charging stations placed at four city facilities around town are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $1.85 to $2.10 per session.

City officials celebrated with a ribbon-cutting Tuesday afternoon at the Newport Coast Community Center, one of the four sites.

The project features “Level 2” and quicker “DC Fast” charging stations. A Level 2 station typically can charge an empty battery in three to eight hours. A DC Fast station can do it in 20 minutes to an hour.

Newport Beach officials look at an electric-powered vehicle Tuesday at a new charging station at the Newport Coast Community Center. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer )

Public and private money covered the $170,000 total cost. The funding consisted of an $85,000 grant from the Air Quality Management District, $69,000 from car charging network EVgo and $16,000 from Newport Beach’s general fund.

The station sites are:

Newport Beach Civic Center, 100 Civic Center Drive (nine stations: two DC Fast and seven Level 2);

Marina Park Community & Sailing Center, 1600 W. Balboa Blvd. (two stations: both Level 2);

Oasis Senior Center, 801 Narcissus Ave. (two stations: both Level 2);

Newport Coast Community Center, 6401 San Joaquin Hills Road (seven stations: one DC Fast and six Level 2).

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