City of Santa Monica - Civic Parking Garage

Of its 14 ports, 2 are DC fast and 12 are Level 2. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. Level 2 ports are 240-volt AC chargers, typically used where a car is parked for an hour or more. That is about 3.7 times the California average of 3.7 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: CHAdeMO, Legacy DC fast connector (Nissan Leaf era); J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector. Pricing as reported to the registry: “Free; pay lot”. The site is listed as a municipal government location.

Santa Monica has 258 charging stations in the DOE registry with 789 ports, the 11th-most of 812 cities and towns in California. City of Santa Monica - Civic Parking Garage accounts for 2% of the charging ports in Santa Monica. 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.

City of Santa Monica - Civic Parking Garage is listed as non-networked: its chargers are not run through a charging-network account. California has 1,389 non-networked stations, 6% of its total.

“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 15, 2010, one of 4 stations in California with a 2010 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Jun 12, 2026.