Cities Around the World Adopting Electric Vehicle Programs
Jul 01
EVs are being used and examined for taxis, mass transit, short-term car rentals and to create data traffic systems. While cities many often lead by example, using and buying EVs as municipal fleets can also lead to infrastructure changes such as special road lanes. Some of the programs involve subsidized vehicle purchases that are direct, while there are others that are incentive-based. Many of the programs utilize recharging via financial assistance, individual stations or they may have both.
Source: http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/news/2012/may/name,26739,en.html
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There have been some articles in our local paper (online) about starting an electric vehicle program for our local bus system. Also heard about the school system buses being slowly changed over to electric vehicles. That’s going to mean we will have more charging stations in the area, which just might jump start the rest of us.
July 1st, 2013 at 2:45 pmElectric vehicles are the wave of the future and we need to move on this now. The only way this can be done is if the government organizations do it first and people get used to seeing them as part of their every day lives. Once they see the charging places around their towns, they will have confidence in looking into the cost. The supply and demand theory will then bring the price of electric cars down as well.
June 30th, 2013 at 7:56 pmI am really hoping they start an electric car program in our area. I have seen some on the streets already, but those are private citizens. We live in a valley, and while not a high population, the car exhaust has a tendency to settle and not move, until we get a good storm. The town has grown, but the smog can get real bad in the summertime.
June 29th, 2013 at 1:58 pm