The program has been designed to support jurisdictions in planning for the deployment of EV charging infrastructure by bringing together key regional stakeholders, establishing deployment guidelines, providing long range planning (10+ years) and creating a short term blue print and action plan to make the Houston region EV ready.
Houston has been officially added to Ecotality’s $230m EV Project, under which the company will deploy nearly 15,000 charging stations in 16 cities across six US states and the District of Columbia. The project will be partially funded by funded by a $114.8m federal stimulus grant from the US Department of Energy.
Ecotality North America will oversee the Micro-Climate program in Houston, which has also joined the C40 Electric Vehicle Network, a group of 16 cities that are committed to making their cities more EV friendly.
Jonathan Read, president and CEO of Ecotality, said: “By implementing a smart, process-orientated and structured planning program, regions are better able to meet the needs of the new wave of EV drivers.
“Ecotality’s work with the city of Houston and the Clinton Climate Initiative continues our strong commitment to EV infrastructure planning.”
