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Rahm Emanuel's mayoral victory isn't the only event electrifying the Windy City lately. The City of Broad Shoulders has big ambitions to become the most-electrified city in the U.S. in terms of number of charging stations installed in the region.
The city of Chicago and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently announced plans to install 280 charging stations by the end of 2011. The announcement of the $8.9 million Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project is notable for the amount of what are called "DC quick-chargers" that can recharge an electric car battery to 80% capacity in only 30 minutes.
After a competitive bidding process, the contractor for the installation and maintenance of the charging stations will be San Diego-based 350Green LLC.
And Chicago is doing a lot more to solidify its credentials as one of the greenest large cities in America. Chitown was recently recognized by Smarter Cities -- a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Chicago earned a place among the top 15 U.S. smart cities through innovative measures such as having businesses display a bus tracker to their customers and increasing the efficiency of freight train movement in and out of Chicagoland.
After a competitive bidding process, the contractor for the installation and maintenance of the charging stations will be San Diego-based 350Green LLC.
And Chicago is doing a lot more to solidify its credentials as one of the greenest large cities in America. Chitown was recently recognized by Smarter Cities -- a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Chicago earned a place among the top 15 U.S. smart cities through innovative measures such as having businesses display a bus tracker to their customers and increasing the efficiency of freight train movement in and out of Chicagoland.
People are now becoming more addicted to the use of electric vehicles. These vehicles are quite easy to handle as well as shows more efficiency in comparison to the other vehicles. It is environment friendly and saves a lot of money. So therefore Chicago has planned to set up to 280 charging stations in Chicago which will help vehicles owners to charge their vehicles battery.
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