SILC/Main Stret Tower

Of its 8 ports, 4 are DC fast and 4 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 2.4 times the Virginia average of 3.3 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector; CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector. The site is listed as a federal government location. It is flagged as workplace charging.

Norfolk has 54 charging stations in the DOE registry with 334 ports, the 9th-most of 228 cities and towns in Virginia. SILC/Main Stret Tower accounts for 2% of the charging ports in Norfolk. Statewide, Virginia has 2,079 stations and 6,795 ports, the 13th-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in Virginia, Fort Lee in Fort Lee, has 118 ports.

SILC/Main Stret Tower is listed as non-networked: its chargers are not run through a charging-network account. Virginia has 369 non-networked stations, 18% of its total.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is private, meaning use is restricted, for example to a fleet, employees or residents. It opened on Jan 15, 2021, one of 236 stations in Virginia with a 2021 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Feb 2, 2026.