R&D Lab

Of its 2 ports, 2 are Level 2. Level 2 ports are 240-volt AC chargers, typically used where a car is parked for an hour or more. That is about 30% below the Minnesota average of 2.8 ports per station. The registry lists one connector type: J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector.

Austin has 14 charging stations in the DOE registry with 33 ports, the 19th-most of 218 cities and towns in Minnesota. R&D Lab accounts for 6% of the charging ports in Austin. Blink runs 6 stations in Austin. Statewide, Minnesota has 1,226 stations and 3,485 ports, the 22nd-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in Minnesota, 3m in St. Paul, has 44 ports.

Blink Charging's public network — largely Level 2. Blink operates 6,186 stations in the registry across 52 states, with 2,086 DC fast and 21,012 Level 2 ports in total. 97 of those stations are in Minnesota, 8% of the state's 1,226.

“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 Jan 4, 2024, one of 219 stations in Minnesota with a 2024 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.