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States Form Northeast Electric Vehicle Network

Transportation, energy and environment officials from 10 northeast U.S. states and the District of Columbia have joined forces to create the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network.

Announced Wednesday, the Network was formed to foster a clean energy economy and reduce the region’s dependence on oil and its emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants.

Participants in the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network are Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, DC. These jurisdictions will work together to attract public and private investment in infrastructure for clean vehicles.

As part of their existing collaboration through the Transportation and Climate Initiative, the participating states will promote all clean vehicles and fuels. They will facilitate deployment of electric vehicle charging stations and related infrastructure throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states

The network’s efforts will be supported by a $994,500 Electric Vehicle Readiness Grant awarded to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on behalf of the Transportation and Climate Initiative. TCI works to reduce greenhouse emissions, minimize reliance on high-carbon fuels, improve efficiency of freight movement, expand the use of innovative information technology, promote sustainable growth and reduce vehicle-miles traveled.

This grant, announced in September by the U.S. Department of Energy, will fund the development of guidelines for the siting, permitting, and installation of EV charging stations.

Some cities are already relying on advanced vehicles. In July, the City of New York added 50 new electric extended range Chevrolet Volts to its fleet for use by city agencies, including the New York Police Department and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Next steps for the initiative include collaboration with the private sector, utilities and local governments on a blueprint for EV deployment; and definition of a set of consistent infrastructure standards.

In New Jersey, nearly 40 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. Bob Martin, commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection, said cleaner vehicles and fuels are critical for reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions as required by the New Jersey Global Warming Response Act.

President Barack Obama has called for one million plug-in vehicles to be on U.S. steets and roads by 2015. The Northeast Electric Vehicle Network’s contribution to that goal would be about 20 percent or 200,000 electric vehicles.

Oct 23, 2011Blagojce Krivevski
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October 23, 2011 Electric Car Newselectric vehicle, Electric Vehicle Network, electric vehicles, Northeast Electric Vehicle Network
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