Urban EV charging specialist Stak Mobility has launched a second project in Pittsburgh’s busy Strip District. The new project follows the company’s launches across four states. The project supports citywide goals to reduce on-road transportation emissions by 50%, increase vehicle electrification, and revitalise the Strip District creating space for local businesses to grow within the community.

The project is in conjunction with a mixed-use building development and will feature 42 vertical parking spaces for residents, all EV-ready and on a footprint that typically can only fit six vehicles.

Formerly a warehouse district featuring mills and factories, the Strip District hosts offices of a number of tech and robotics companies, including Uber, Apple, Facebook, and Robert Bosch. The district is also a major market and cultural centre.

Stak, in partnership with New York-based developer The AM Group, expects their solution to be operational shortly after construction of the mixed-use building is complete in early 2025. This will be the sixth deployment of Stak’s technology.

Stak’s self-service, vertical vehicle storage, and charging solution is designed to provide up to an 85% reduction in the vehicle footprint in cities. The company is working on a public model that would open up surplus spaces in the EV Carousels to the surrounding public. Stak’s projects are multi-use and equipped with fully remote support and troubleshooting capabilities, with the ability to support residential, retail, and commercial uses, including light-duty fleet management.

In 2023, Stak deployed an “EV Carousel” vertical parking systems with fully integrated Level 2 EV charging in Pittsburgh. This location houses 30 spaces with integrated EV charging capability. Stak’s Healdsburg project employs the company’s “carbarn” concept. In a 100 foot by 40 foot footprint, the Stak platform can park and charge up to 108 vehicles—efficiently using a 4,000-square-foot footprint that would have otherwise needed 30,000+ square feet for a typical surface lot.

“This project came about due to the popularity of our first site a few blocks away,” said Diallo Powell, CEO and co-founder of Stak Mobility. “That’s a huge testament to both the utility and elevated experience that Stak makes possible. We’re focused on building projects for people—whether that’s creating a more convenient parking experience, helping cities grow more sustainably, or enabling the urban driver to transition to an electric vehicle, reducing the emissions produced on the road. We’re looking forward to continuing our momentum and building more mobility hubs in communities across the country.”