A lesser known, but well put together production, the Washington Auto show is held every year in our nation’s capital. With an aim to become the premier venue to showcase green, alternative power methods, this year’s show (public viewing February 1-10) has already started for the automotive press, with plenty of announcements by manufacturers.
Earlier today, Nissan announced plans for tripling the number of US EV charge stations. The plan would build the “current electric vehicle (EV) quick-charging infrastructure in the United States with the addition of at least 500 quick-charging stations in the next 18 months, including the greater Washington D.C. area’s first fast-charge network.”
The Japanese manufacturer has partnered with NRG, a United States energy company and its eVgo Network of charging stations to make the plan a reality.
According to Nissan, “A key part of this infrastructure enhancement is eVgo’s new greater Washington, D.C. ecosystem, which will include a network of 40 eVgo Freedom Station sites across the area. Each Freedom Station site will have a Nissan fast charger that can provide EVs such as the Nissan LEAF with up to an 80 percent charge in less than 30 minutes. NRG’s new greater Washington, D.C. network will be the first such network of fast chargers in the northeastern United States. NRG currently operates similar networks in Houston and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and has announced networks in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Joaquin Valley areas.”
No details on how soon the stations will begin popping up in cities across the United States have been given, however plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle owners everywhere are sure to be excited about this latest development in charging station infrastructure.
The additional charge stations would have been very useful to Nathan and Roman in this TFLcar video review “A day in the life of An Electric Car”.
