Charge your car at the coast

It won’t be officially announced until next week, but Florence’s first, and only electric vehicle charging station went online last month at Driftwood Shores Resort. The station can charge two vehicles at once and will take up to three hours to provide a full charge. Initially, charges will be provided at no cost. There will be a fee eventually. The station itself was paid for by Driftwood Shores. General Manager Martin Alletson says many of the resort’s guests come from the Eugene Springfield area where the use of electric vehicles is on the rise.