Grand plan for electric cars takes shape in Ontario
Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 12:45 PM ET Comments129Recommend83
CBC News
A U.S. company that promotes infrastructure to support electric cars is going to open a site in Toronto to demonstrate the vehicles, Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Better Place, said Thursday.
He called the joint announcement with the provincial government "the all-important first step in an expected electric car charging network rollout for Canada."
Ontario is supporting the plan by studying ways to speed up the introduction of electric cars to the province, said Premier Dalton McGuinty. The study is scheduled for release in May.
It will look at financial incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles, giving such cars preferred access to the transportation grid, having the government buy electric vehicles and promoting them...
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/15/ontario-electric.html
