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California governor jerry brown (JerryBrown) has announced, the state will be and NRG energy company signed a $120 million (us $1 about 6.3 yuan RMB, similarly hereinafter) of the agreement, in a statewide race built zero emission vehicle battery charging station network.
According to environmental news service reports, the agreement includes at least 200 seats public rapid battery charging station, another distribution in the state of the 1000 locations 10000 charging pile,kid tricycles located mainly in the San Francisco bay area, the river valleys, Los Angeles basin and move for San Diego county.
Agreement in 2000 from California energy crisis, because at that time Texas energy consortium market manipulation and illegal cut off the circuit, in California power shortages. The state took many large-scale outages, the largest one of energy in the state company went out of business. Due to drought in new power plants for examination and approval and delay of market manipulation caused power supply of decline, from April 2000 to December 2000, electricity wholesale prices by 800%.
The terms of the $100 million will be used in the construction of the charging station fast, charging the installation of pile and electrical upgrade, do not need to pay taxpayers in addition. The remaining $20 million will be used for the power consumer subsidies.
"The agreement will open a virtuous cycle,trikes for boys there will be more and more people driving electric cars is California feel comfortable, and the growth of the electric car sales will, in turn, for we state charging infrastructure construction draw more investment." California public utilities commission chairman Michael? PiWei (MichaelPeevey) said, "it will create jobs for California, help clean our air, help us achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction goals."
Encourage consumer choice in electric car, the new electric car battery network is a breakthrough, California clean air officials hope to promote California clean car targets.
California public utilities commission member mike? Flores Rio (MikeFlorio) said: "this is the real meaning of the agreement with innovation, California utility for users provide enormous value. The move that we rolled over the history, and promote the unfortunate chapter we took to the clean transportation road of the future. Through the agreement, the electric car will be many californians feasible traffic choice, they don't need to have their own residence charging facilities."
The California air resources board this year 1 menstrual voted to require 2025 the major car manufacturers in annual sales in California to 15% (or about $1.4 million) from the electric car or other zero emissions and close to zero emission models.
The California air resources board chairman Mary? Nichols (MaryNichols) praised for the agreement. "California has the most positive clean traffic target," Nichols said, "automobile manufacturers have in manufacturing electric cars. These clean infrastructure investment will give consumers purchase of confidence, and that is what we clean air, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependence on foreign oil need."
California governor brown has also issued an executive order, used adult tricyclesset up the following goals:
In 2015, California's all major cities will have enough infrastructure, "zero emission vehicle ready".
By 2020, California 1 million cars will be built enough support zero emission vehicle infrastructure.
By 2025, California will have 1.5 million emission vehicles put into use.
By 2050, all the personal statewide basically zero emission vehicle traffic will be based on.
By 2050, the transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions than 1990 will reduce 80%, this is California governor Arnold before? Arnold Schwarzenegger (ArnoldSchwarzenegger) signed an executive order set the goal.
"These executive orders cemented in California in the field of zero emission vehicle a leading position in the country." California governor brown said, "agreement will greatly expand state electric car infrastructure construction, help clean our air and reduce our dependence on foreign oil."