(Washington Post) — Coulomb Technologies last week showed off the installation of its first curbside electric car charging station in the District, part of a multimillion-dollar government grant to provide 4,600 free outlets around the country. The station, located near the Franklin D. Reeves Center at 2000 14th St. NW, was installed by Pepco and […]
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(New York Times) — New York City has just unveiled the first of about 100 electric vehicle charging stations to be installed under a national program that aims to have nine metropolitan regions ready when automakers begin rolling out some electric vehicles later this year. Read More…
(Washington Examiner) — Maryland officials are banking $500,000 on the hopes that electric cars — which are months from hitting the market– go mainstream by the time they finish installing dozens of car-charging stations along Interstate 95 next year. Maryland’s Energy Administration is directing roughly $340,000 in stimulus money to a Baltimore company to build 55 […]