Ava Charge - City Center West Garage

Of its 31 ports, 31 are DC fast. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. That is about 8.3 times the California average of 3.7 ports per station. The registry lists 3 connector types: CHAdeMO, Legacy DC fast connector (Nissan Leaf era); CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector; NACS (Tesla), the North American Charging Standard connector.

Oakland has 276 charging stations in the DOE registry with 933 ports, the 10th-most of 812 cities and towns in California. Ava Charge - City Center West Garage accounts for 3% of the charging ports in Oakland. It is the only EV Connect station in Oakland. Statewide, California has 21,814 stations and 81,788 ports, the largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in California, Viejas Casino and Resort in Alpine, has 432 ports.

EV Connect operates 1,601 stations in the registry across 50 states, with 1,835 DC fast and 3,902 Level 2 ports in total. 227 of those stations are in California, 1% of the state's 21,814. By port count this is the 7th-biggest EV Connect station in the country.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Nov 17, 2024, one of 2,233 stations in California with a 2024 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.