{"id":29478,"date":"2010-10-17T08:12:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T08:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/1000-ev-charging-stations-slated-for-oregon-i-5-corridor\/"},"modified":"2010-10-17T08:12:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T08:12:06","slug":"1000-ev-charging-stations-slated-for-oregon-i-5-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/eco-system\/1000-ev-charging-stations-slated-for-oregon-i-5-corridor.php","title":{"rendered":"1000+ EV Charging Stations Slated for Oregon I-5 Corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fast EV chargers will be placed in Portland, Eugene, Salem, and Corvallis as part of a plan to install 1,100 charging stations in Oregon by July! Car manufacturers and charging companies want to eliminate anxiety related to electric-vehicle's also known as \"range anxiety\".<\/p>

Another company, Eaton Corp., will modify and integrate electric-vehicle quick chargers at a plant in Wilsonville, OR in the Portland Metro Region.<\/p>

The announcements come as representatives of ECOtality Inc., a San Francisco company, sign up Oregon companies and retail chains as locations for publicly accessible chargers. Gov. Ted Kulongoski said in a statement Wednesday that electric vehicles mean economic opportunity.<\/p>

\"This is just the beginning of new, private investments because of our commitment to moving the entire Pacific Northwest away from fossil-fuel vehicles,\" Kulongoski said of Eaton's venture.<\/p>

Charging-station companies are racing to install units as auto manufacturers prepare to launch electric vehicles. Electric-vehicle owners will install charging equipment in their homes or businesses. But they will also be able to charge batteries at commercial chargers on the road.<\/p>

Fast chargers, capable of recharging batteries in 15 to 30 minutes, will be concentrated along the Interstate 5 corridor. But the great majority of the 1,100 units scheduled for installation will be \"level two\" chargers, which motorists might use for anywhere from 45 minutes to two-to-three hours, said David Mayfield, ECOtality area manager for stakeholder services in Oregon.<\/p>

The slower chargers may be desirable for retail businesses that want customers to stick around and shop a while.<\/p>

ECOtality is the project manager for a $230 million installation initiative, about half of which is funded by the U.S. Energy Department using stimulus money. The EV Project, the world's largest rollout of electric-vehicle infrastructure, includes 16 states and major metropolitan areas, installing more than 15,000 charging stations during three years.<\/p>

Oregon cities, government agencies, utilities and other entities have helped ECOtality develop maps identifying high-priority areas for chargers. The maps take into account factors including transportation routes, employment centers and zoning.<\/p>

Only about 310 charging stations in the 16 states will be fast chargers, said Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen, an ECOtality spokeswoman. Oregon will get at least 23 of the fast chargers, Mayfield said.<\/p>

Electric-vehicle drivers could plug into the slower level-two chargers \"if they wanted to top off a battery,\" Cieslik-Miskimen said, \"or just get a little bit of extra juice so they can get home.\"<\/p>

\"We'll make sure downtown Portland has a lot of chargers that are accessible,\" she said.<\/p>

In Wilsonville, Eaton plans to work on a quick charger for the North American market capable of recharging an electric vehicle to 80 percent of battery capacity in 15 to 30 minutes. Eaton, a Cleveland-based power-management company, employs 85 at the 80,000-square-foot plant.<\/p>

The work force will remain the same for the new project, said Kelly Hubbard, account executive with Largemouth Communications. She did not know how many chargers the plant will produce. <\/p>

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