The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has partnered with the ECOtality North America, Nissan, General Motors, and 40 other city, regional and state governments, electric utilities, and other organizations to demonstrate the deployment and use of approximately 14,650 Level II (220V) chargers units and 310 Fast Chargers in 16 major cities. The EVProject includes the deployment of 5,700 battery electric Nissan Leafs and 2,600 extended range electric vehicle General Motors Volts, that will be recharged in private residence, fleet, and public locations. The vehicles and recharging units will operate in the below metropolitan areas:
- Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
- Portland, Eugene, Salem, and Corvallis, Oregon
- Los Angeles and San Diego, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tennessee
- Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, Texas
- Washington, D.C.
All 15,000 vehicles and recharging units will provide data to the INL. This data, which will be generated from the largest ever deployment of battery electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, will be reported to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Program to help DOE plan for the successful future deployment of additional electric drive vehicles and recharging infrastructure. Increasing the use of electricity as a transportation fuel supports the DOE goal of reducing the United States dependency on foreign petroleum and enhances the overall security of the United States. The data generated information will also be reported to the many project partners.
Testing Reports
The deployment of the Leafs and Volts will start late in 2010. The installation of the recharging equipment will start occurring before vehicle deployment. Infrastructure and vehicle use reporting will start in the months following these deployments, on this and other nearby webpages.
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