As All Eyes Are On The Gulf Coast Devastation, Green Is Slipping In Through The Back Door

On March 19, 2010, ECOtality, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and its subsidiary, eTec (Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation) announced The EV Project. The EV Project was created last August when eTec was awarded a federal stimulus grant of nearly $100 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The EV Project will support electric vehicles with home-base, commercial and public chargers in major markets in five states: Arizona (Phoenix & Tucson metropolitan areas), Washington (Seattle area), Oregon (Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene), California (San Diego) and Tennessee. Initial infrastructure deployment begins this summer, paving the way for the successful rollout of electric transportation across America. (more…)