ECOtality and eTec Congratulate Project Partners on Successful $100 Million Proposal for Transportation Electrification
8:00a ET August 10, 2009 (Business Wire)
ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB:ETLY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, and its subsidiary Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. (eTec), today thanked and congratulated the project partners who supported eTec's proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy that resulted in a $99.8 million grant for the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charge infrastructure in U.S. history.
"Our project partners were not only instrumental in helping ECOtality's eTec secure the $99.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, they will be instrumental in implementing the largest ever transportation electrification program," said Jonathan Read, President and CEO of ECOtality. "As strategic partners on this Proposal, Idaho National Laboratory, Nissan North America, GridPoint, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BP America will play strong roles in helping eTec create dense charge environments, ensure a seamless transition for utilities and collect and analyze critical data that will ensure the immediate success of the electric vehicle."
On Wednesday, August 5th, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it had selected eTec to receive a grant of $99.8 million to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history. eTec, the lead applicant and project manager, has partnered with Nissan North America to deploy EVs and the charging infrastructure to support them. The Project utilizes the availability of the Nissan LEAF, a zero-emission electric vehicle, to develop, implement and study techniques for optimizing the effectiveness of charging infrastructure that will support widespread EV deployment. The Project will install electric vehicle charging infrastructure and deploy up to 1,000 Nissan battery electric vehicles in strategic markets in five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington.
"I'd like to thank all of our partners for their contributions to the eTec proposal," said Don Karner, President of eTec. "We look forward to working with everyone on this project to accelerate work on electric vehicle systems and infrastructure, reduce petroleum consumption and support the President's goals for job creation and electric drive vehicle deployment."
The following organizations supported eTec's initial proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy for transportation electrification:
American Lung Association of California ATX / Cross Country Automotive Bovis Lend Lease BP America CB Richard Ellis / Emerald Plug Center for Sustainable Energy (CA) Coulomb Technologies City of Chattanooga City of Knoxville City of Phoenix City of Seattle Eaton Corporation GridPoint Hamilton County (TN) Idaho National Laboratory Knoxville Utilities Board King County (WA) Maricopa Association of Governments (AZ) Nissan North America Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ohio State University Pima Association of Governments (AZ) Portland General Electric Salt River Project San Diego Association of Governments (CA) San Diego Clean Fuels Coalition San Diego Gas & Electric San Diego Miramar College Seattle City Light Snohomish County PUD State of Oregon State of Tennessee State of Washington Tennessee Valley Authority Tucson Electric Power University of California-Davis Yazaki North America Zipcar 350 Green
