In August 2009, ECOtality’s eTec was awarded $100m from the US Department of Energy to facilitate the EV project, which has a total project value of more than $200m, and will support electric vehicles with home-base, commercial and public chargers in markets in five states: Washington (Seattle area), Oregon (Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene), Arizona, California and Tennessee.
eTec is currently planning to establish a regional office responsible for working with project partners, federal, state and local governments, utilities, non-governmental organizations and businesses. This office will work toward developing and implementing a roadmap for the infrastructure necessary to provide the Pacific Northwest with an environment that encourages mass consumer adoption of clean electric vehicles.
Jonathan Read, CEO of ECOtality, said: “We are excited to have the Pacific Northwest as a selected market for The EV Project, and especially pleased to participate in debuting the LEAF here in the region. We believe that effective adoption of this technology in the Pacific Northwest is critical to the success of the Project and EVs in North America. ECOtality and eTec are also very proud to have Rich Feldman on our team, helping to lead the way toward full implementation of the project.”
