With Oregon on the verge of a big increase in electric vehicles, a new report is out with some ideas on how to make EV use grow even faster.
This summer, Oregon will be one of four test markets for the EV Project, a plan to deploy 4,700 electric cars and more than 11,000 charging stations. The other states include Washington, California and Arizona.
But this report is looking at the long term, saying Oregon can do even better.
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In a new report, Environment Oregon sings the praises of plug-in cars.
Whether they’re plug-in hybrids, or plug-in electric vehicles, the report says they have the potential to bring about major reductions in pollution, greenhouses gases, and lessen our dependence on imported oil. Plus, we’ll see the benefits almost immediately.
With tens of thousands of new electric vehicles expected to hit the roads in a few years, comes a challenge. How do we find a place for them on the electric grid?
Imagine all those EV drivers coming home from work, about the same time of day, and plugging in their cars at about same time. It could put quite a strain on the power system.
Helping manage that demand is one of the goals of a project at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA. They call it the Smart Charger.
