charging fee 3 an hour for example or whatever fee is assessed by charger operators such as blink charging co in addition to the garages regular parking price still others only charge for the parking and give away the electricity as a perk a recent weekday survey of six garages found most of the charging spots filled and one broken chargersherry boschert of lebanon new hampshire used the plugshare app to find a refueling spot for her tesla on a recent visit to the upper west side she chose a valet garage on west 75th street a block from her hotel all boschert 66 had to do was hand over the key fob and pay the regular parking fee the electricity came free once youre off of gasoline and you dont have to go to those stinky dirty crowded gasoline stations you dont want to go back says boschert an author and longtime ev advocate and it costs a lot lessnew york drivers havent exactly rushed to ditch gasoline fully electric cars and plugin hybrids account for 89 of new passenger vehicles in the city this year according to research firm atlas public policy thats up from 66 last year but still well behind los angeles where 138 of new cars this year run on electricity its an issue for new york city officials whose plans for fighting climate change call for having 400000 evs on city streets by 2030 and 16 million by 2050 up from 24000 now even if manhattans gas stations have been done in primarily by real estate prices chargepoints romano says electric cars will put more pressure on gas station owners particularly those dependent on selling fast food and car washes eventually range anxiety the fear of an ev running out of charge on the road will be more applicable to owners of gaspowered vehiclesif no ones visiting for gas that means no ones going to the convenience store romano says it starts to slide and it doesnt take much to flip that business upside down