Midtown Charleston Shopping Center (Palo Alto, CA)

Of its 4 ports, 4 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 roughly in line with the California average of 3.7 ports per station. The registry lists one connector type: CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector.

Palo Alto has 218 charging stations in the DOE registry with 981 ports, the 16th-most of 812 cities and towns in California. Midtown Charleston Shopping Center (Palo Alto, CA) accounts for under 1% of the charging ports in Palo Alto. Electrify America runs 2 stations in Palo Alto. 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.

The Volkswagen-founded DC fast network along highway corridors. Electrify America operates 1,221 stations in the registry across 48 states, with 6,029 DC fast and 170 Level 2 ports in total. 330 of those stations are in California, 2% of the state's 21,814.

“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 Mar 9, 2023, one of 2,598 stations in California with a 2023 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.