Wareham Town Administrator Derek Sullivan is all charged up. After securing a grant for three, all-electric cars for municipal use, Sullivan said a charging station for the vehicles was installed July 14.

Sullivan earned the grant through the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s Municipal Electric Vehicle Program. The grant awarded Wareham a total of $22,500. Those funds cover the cost of leasing three Chevy Bolts over three years and the charging station's purchase and installation.

To prepare for the four-vehicle, 80 amp station, he said some work was required in Town Hall’s basement. That included drilling through 18-inches of concrete to run a heavy-duty electrical connection to a parking lot behind Town Hall.

“These cars use a lot of juice,” said Sullivan. “You can’t just plug them into a wall outlet.”

Sullivan said the cars haven’t been delivered yet, but are scheduled to arrive within the next few weeks. He said it was important to get the charging station installed first.

“It wouldn’t make sense to have the cars, but no way to charge them,” he said.