I don’t need it because I don’t drive but that is a somewhat startling revelation to me.

The lot is technically a private employee lot, but during the evening and on weekends, from a practical point of view the prohibition against parking there is not enforced. The stations themselves were installed by DTE through a grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission, which is different from the U.S. Department of Energy ChargePoint program — but the stations at Main & William are included as part of the various map databases for that program. To access the stations, you need a card issued by Coulomb, the company that manages the charging station network. To search for additional stations, visit this searchable map: [link to charging station map].

DTE uses the charging stations for its own electric vehicles. If others from the public use the stations after hours, DTE does not now charge for the electricity. DTE regards the stations as more or less temporary and transitional.