MARION — Faster electric vehicle chargers may be coming to Marion in the future.

Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman said Wednesday, Sept. 4 that the town has an opportunity to install several level 3 DC fast chargers at various locations throughout Marion.

Level 3 chargers supply power to the batteries of electric vehicles quicker than other currently available chargers — as fast as powering a battery from 0% to 80% in 15 minutes, according to Gorman.

The charging stations could also serve as a “several hundred thousand dollar a year revenue stream” for the town depending on the number of users, Gorman said.

That estimate was made by Inovis, the company that would install the chargers and with which Marion would enter into a revenue sharing agreement, according to Gorman.

“When you drive one of these cars, it’s constantly looking for the next charging station, and so when these get up and running, they get on to the EV charging network and all the EVs that are coming down [Interstate] 195 or Route 6 would know that there’s charging stations,” he said.

Potential locations for the charging stations are the Marion Police Department, Marion Town House, Island Wharf, the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center/Marion Council on Aging, the Department of Public Works maintenance garage and Wells Road.

“Right now, there are no fast charging stations for anybody in this area,” Gorman said.

There are currently level 2 charging stations, which supply power slower than level 3 DC fast chargers, at the Marion Town House and Marion Council on Aging.

“I think we need to think about whether or not we want a lot of cars coming into town hall and the council on aging to charge up and go away,” Marion Select Board member Toby Burr said.

Gorman also said he thought the police station and Wells Road as potential locations would need “more detailed research” and “the most conversation.”

The charging stations could have discounts for Marion residents, though the town is still in the beginning stages of the revenue sharing agreement with Inovis, according to Gorman.

“This is a budding project,” he said.

A review by Eversource “to ensure that we can continue moving forward” is the next step, according to Gorman.