Port Orchard Charging Ahead of Most on Electric Vehicle Technology

PORT ORCHARD —

The city of Port Orchard plans to install an electric vehicle charging station in the downtown area.

City officials hope to appeal to a growing market of Seattle-area electric car owners, who may be more apt to visit the town — and spend money — if they know they can get back at the end of the day.

Mayor Lary Coppola will meet in the coming month with representatives of Electric Transportation Engineering, or eTec, a company that is working with Nissan and the U.S. Department of Energy to install a network of charging stations across the nation by 2013. Nissan is involved because it is introducing a much-hyped electric car, the Leaf, in December.

Seattle is among a handful of test cities, most on the West Coast, chosen to initiate the EV (electric vehicle) Project. Electric Transportation Engineering received a $99.8 million stimulus grant to install the stations. About 2,200 to 2,300 of them will be in the Puget Sound area, said Linda Streissguth of Puget Sound Energy, which is working with Nissan and eTec to deploy the stations.

Port Orchard and PSE officials have to determine the suitability of a proposed city-owned site near the Port Orchard Marina and waterfront parking lot. The property has an underground vault with wiring that would support a charging station, said Coppola, a former electrician who is also a freelance writer for automotive industry publications.

“We see this as a cutting-edge opportunity for new economic development and a natural expansion of the city’s evolving green initiative I introduced at the beginning of this year,” Coppola said.

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To launch Maxximo electric trucks by yr-end: Anand Mahindra

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has bought a majority stake in electric car company, Reva. The commercial vehicle major would now hold 55.2% in Reva via the stake sale and fresh equity infusion. M&M would invest USD 10 million in the electric car major and would rename thecompany as Mahindra Reva Electric.
A day after sealing the deal with Reva, Anand Mahindra, VC & MD, M&M explained his strategy to CNBC-TV18 of entering the electric car segment.


Q: What would this move mean for the Indian consumer?
A: I would say one has to view this acquisition as an acquisition of a competence, of a capability. Don’t focus on are we going into small cars and what’s in it right away for the consumer. Mahindra andMahindra as an automaker with global aspirations has to have the competence for alternate fuel technology. As you know yourself, you have been following the company for a long time, we have been putting our tentacles out in each possible area of technology.
As you know every year at the Auto Expo we showcase what progress we have made, whether they are on even the hydrogen combustion, three wheeler for example or biofuels which we have been following for a long time. I think our operating management led by Pawan felt very clearly that the investment in Reva would put us ahead of our planned trajectory and that’s why the acquisition made sense.
So you have to put yourself in our shoes and realise that a company of our aspirations must have the ability to play in the field of electric vehicles and that is essentially what we have acquired.


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