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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Mon May 16, 2016, 11:31 PM May 2016

SDG&E's electric car push

San Diego Gas & Electric has launched a $52.5 million pilot program that within three years will install 3,500 charging stations at 350 locations and promises to include every community that SDG&E serves.

The "Power Your Drive" project is aimed at boosting electric vehicle ownership and comes with a $45 million price tag to install the stations that SDG&E will own and maintain.

There's also a $7.5 million education program that will include electric vehicle, or EV, test drives for the utility's customers, with an emphasis to include ratepayers in low-income areas.

"We want to make sure installations are available to everyone, not just the wealthy," SDG&E CEO Jeff Martin said at a Monday morning news conference.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/16/sdge-charging-stations/

Very interesting development. SDG&E is building the supporting infrastructure to prepare for a future where electric cars are mainstream.

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SDG&E's electric car push (Original Post) Zorro May 2016 OP
Hmm. I feel cynical about this... bjo59 May 2016 #1
GM killed the EV1. Tesla has changed the game. Zorro May 2016 #2

bjo59

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1. Hmm. I feel cynical about this...
Tue May 17, 2016, 03:15 AM
May 2016

Remember what happened to the EV1 in California? The documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" was very enlightening to me.

Zorro

(15,691 posts)
2. GM killed the EV1. Tesla has changed the game.
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:47 AM
May 2016

There's a tremendous number of pure electric and hybrid cars already on the road in SoCal -- they might not be as prevalent in other areas of the country, but around here they're very popular.

I think the tipping point on electric car acceptance has been reached (400k+ preorders of Tesla's Model 3 is evidence of that), and I applaud SDG&E for moving out on building the infrastructure.

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