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NASDAQ:ECTYThe EV Project
The EV Project is the largest deployment of electric vehicles and charge infrastructure in history.
On August 5, 2009, ECOtality North America, a subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY) was awarded a $99.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to embark on this Project. The Project officially was launched on October 1, 2009 and will last approximately 36 months.
On June 23, 2010, the company was awarded an additional $15 million grant from the DOE to expand the
project. Additional private and public sector investment brings the total project cost to approximately
$230 million. The EV Project was officially launched on October 1, 2009 and will be completed on December
31, 2012.
ECOtality North America is partnering with Nissan North America to deploy up to 5,700 Nissan LEAF zero-emission electric vehicles and General Motors to deploy up to 2,600 Chevrolet Volt Extended Range Electric Vehicles, along with 15,085 charging systems to support them, in 15 strategic markets in six states, including Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.
The EV Project will collect and analyze data to characterize vehicle use in diverse topographic and
climatic conditions, evaluate the effectiveness of charge infrastructure, and conduct trials of various
revenue systems for commercial and public charge infrastructure. The ultimate goal of The EV Project is
to take the lessons learned from the deployment of these first 8,300 EVs, and the charging infrastructure
supporting them, to enable the streamlined deployment of the next five million EVs.
From October 2010 through July 2011, charging infrastructure will be deployed in the following major population areas: Phoenix (AZ), Tucson (AZ), Los Angeles (CA), San Diego (CA), Portland (OR), Eugene (OR), Corvallis (OR), Salem (OR), Seattle (WA), Nashville (TN), Knoxville (TN), Chattanooga (TN), Dallas/Fort Worth (TX), Houston (TX), and Washington, DC.
The EV Project will qualify 8,300 LEAF and Volt customers for participation based upon home electrical
power capabilities. Because a significant amount of vehicle charging will take place at EV driver
residences, a portion of The EV Project funding supports home charging units, or more correctly called
“Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment” (EVSE). Participants will receive the home EVSE and up to $1200 credit
toward the installation in exchange for allowing the collection of vehicle and charge information at home
and publicly available EVSE. This information will include data from both the vehicle and the EVSE, such
as energy used and time and duration of charger use. No personal information will be shared or included
in the data to be analyzed.
