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Charging stations move electric cars out of city
Charging stations that can fill the batteries of an electric automobile in 30 minutes or less are moving from the city to the country.
A $2 million federal stimulus allow will finance 22 fast-charging stations in smaller cities in the northwestern corner of the state, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced Thursday. After they are installed next year, electric automobile owners will be able to go on vacation to the coast or the mountains and home again without having to stop overnight to charge up.
This comes on top of plans to build fast-charging stations along Interstate 5 in Oregon and Washington by the end of this year.
“Electric vehicles are often seen as city vehicles,” stated Kristen Helsel, vice president of EV solutions for AeroVironment Inc., the Monrovia, Calif., company that is building the charging stations. “What this does is it extends the range so you can go from one corridor to another. It completely changes how EVs can be used.”
Oregon is the first say to get this kind of allow from the U.S. Department of Transportation, stated spokesman Bill Adams.
The state’s history of supporting green initiatives like the bottle deposit bill and open access to beaches has put it at the forefront of embracing electric vehicles, stated Art James, innovative partnerships project director for Oregon’s Transportation Department.
The governor’s office has also made a strong commitment to electric cars.
In 2008, then-Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed a deal with Nissan North America to launch the all-electric Leaf in Oregon, and most of the country’s major electric automobile manufacturers have visited Oregon to speak about introducing their vehicles.
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