PA Will Install Electric Car Chargers Across Turnpike
HARRISBURG PA – The state Department of Environmental Protection estimates drivers use only a few hundred electric vehicles in Pennsylvania, but The Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review newspaper reported the agency said Wednesday (Dec. 14, 2011) it will spend $1 million to install electric charging stations at Pennsylvania Turnpike service plazas.
Car Charging Group of Miami will install charging stations at the turnpike’s 17 plazas — first between Harrisburg and the New Jersey state line, then between Harrisburg and the Ohio line, and finally along the Northeastern Extension. The Turnpike Commission is spending $500,000 to boost electrical capacity at the service plazas.
President Obama has said he wants to see 1 million electric vehicles in use nationwide by 2015. The government spent billions of dollars on the development of electric cars, parts and charging stations.
- Read a story by reporter Tom Fontaine, titled “Pennsylvania Turnpike service plazas to get charging stations” and published Wednesday by The Tribune-Review, here.
Other coverage:
- Car Charging Group Awarded $1 Million Grant by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Yahoo Finance)
- Pa. Turnpike to get electric car charging stations (Associated Press)
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