GreenlightAC, a US-based provider of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid charging equipments, and District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty have announced the installation of company's EV charging stations in the district. The company will be installing its product, the ChargeBar, where people live, work, and play, beginning in 2010 in the DC Metro region and across the country thereafter.
Max Brown, chief executive officer and co-founder of GreenlightAC, said, “We are tremendously excited and honored to be bringing electric vehicle charging to DC.” Brown continued, “In the next 10 years, there will be nearly 20 million electric vehicles on the road nationwide – we want to make sure that drivers of these vehicles will always have a place to charge up safely and reliably, starting right here in the District.”
David King, chief operating officer and co-founder of GreenlightAC, said, “The work we are doing here with Vornado/Charles E. Smith – installing electric vehicle recharging equipment in a premier downtown Washington office building – is an important step in making this city and this region plug-in ready. We expect that the public and private sectors in the District of Columbia will lead the way in national transportation electrification efforts, and GreenlightAC is excited to be a part of those efforts.”
“My administration has a longstanding commitment to make the District a plug-in ready community, and we are proud to support GreenlightAC in their efforts to put the infrastructure in place to support these vehicles,” Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said. “Large numbers of electric vehicles will be here in the next year –now we will have a place for them to plug-in.”
Vornado/Charles E. Smith will install a group of ChargeBar units at its parking garage at 2101 L Street, NW in Washington, DC.
Mitchell N. Schear, president of Vornado/Charles E. Smith said, “We are continually implementing innovative green initiatives that make our buildings and our communities more sustainable. We are pleased to announce the first installation of GreenlightAC’s ChargeBarTM in our 2101 L Street building – providing a convenient place for our tenants and other users to plug in.”
Fitzgerald Auto Malls is contributing a plug-in Toyota Prius that Mayor Fenty will plug into GreenlightAC’s ChargeBar.
A Fitzgerald executive said, “We are happy to be part of this event and applaud the efforts of GreenlightAC, Mayor Fenty, and Vornado/Charles E. Smith in making this region plug-in ready. The more electric vehicle recharging stations there are like the ChargeBarTM, the more comfortable people will be in buying electric cars, which is good for our business but also good for the environment.”
According to the company, the ChargeBar will be one of the easiest, reliable, cost-effective and safe EV and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) consumer charging product on the market.