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Fret not, Cali residents. Your state government may be desperately sinking into the quagmire of its own extravagance, but cash will always be found to fund good old “private” enterprise. Coulomb Technologies is expected to today announce the rollout of 1,600 ChargePoint stations across the sunny state, aided in part by a $3.4 million grant from the California Energy Commission. The principal aim of these installations will actually be research, as the state tries to figure out EV usage and recharging habits. Happily though, once that academic exercise is over, they should still be operational and might well make Coulomb’s home patch the most advanced in terms of EV infrastructure yet. Yes indeed, we’ll all be driving our Volts along potholed streets with nary a public servant in sight… it’ll be like Mad Max: Beyond Budgetary Deficits.

Coulomb to electrify California with 1,600 shiny new EV chargers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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