The Tesla Supercharging station — one of two in Manteca — near Bass Pro Shops at Orchard Valley is high profile.

It can be seen from the 120 Bypass where roughly 90,000 vehicles pass by on any given day.

But that is not the only EV charging stations in the immediate vicinity.

To the east of Bass Pro Shops at The Atherton, a 428-unit apartment complex, there are roughly double the number than at the Tesla location.

It is one of four apartment complexes in Manteca that currently boast they have EV chargers as amenities.

And to the west across Union Road is Living Spaces.

Although it doesn’t have an EV charger in sight, it could easily become the biggest location to charge an electric vehicle.

That’s because 14 percent of its 456 parking spaces — 64 — have been prewired for the installation of EV chargers.

As EV numbers grow, so do the places to charge them including in Manteca.

In the past year, several apartment complexes have been approved that will install EV chargers.

And last week the council approved the first gas station with EV chargers.

It’s a Circle K convenience store with 12 fueling stations complemented by five EV chargers that will be built on the southeast corner of Union and Lathrop roads.

Manteca has come a long way since the first EV chargers in the city were installed as part of the $7.3 million transit station built in 2013 at Moffat Boulevard and South Main Street. Those chargers are still the only public ones that get their electricity from solar panels that were installed over 51 of the complex’s 100 parking spaces.

But, as the city’s climate action plan that is now being developed notes, it is not enough.

The climate action plan is the city’s blueprint for its overall efforts for Manteca to reach state imposed greenhouse gas reductions.

Among the EV charger related goals in the plan are:

* Targeting the installation of EV charging stations capable of charging electric trucks along highway corridors.

*Seeking funds to support electric vehicle charging technology. *Requiring charging stations as part of new development.

*Updating the Municipal Code to require identify potential sites for  electric vehicle charging stations within the city limits.

*Targeting the installation of at least five electric vehicle charging stations by the year 2030 and at least 10 by the year 2045.

*Establishing targets by 2025 for the number of EV charging stations installed at public parking areas.

*Requiring the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at all new municipal facilities that include vehicle parking.

*Requiring the city to identify existing municipal facilities where electric vehicle charging stations could be installed.

*Exempting EVs from payment of parking fees to encourage use of EVs within the city should the city construct or operate areas with paid parking.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com