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"CLEAN" NEWS * France - To spend US$2.2 billion on network of electric car charging stations
Paris,France -Inhabitat -October 11, 2009: -- As France’s car-makers push their plans to increase sales and give motorists more electric and hybrid-powered vehicle choices, the French Government has added its support by announcing it intends to spend €1.5 billion (about US$2.2 billion) on creating a battery-charging network for electric vehicles across the country. Part of its spend will also go towards further encouragement of clean vehicle technology and battery manufacturing... Environment Minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, told a press conference that a group of public and private fleet operators has already identified a need to purchase 50,000 electric vehicles through to 2015, and the government hopes this figure could be raised to 100,000 by pooling purchasing power... (Photo: Better Place: Electric vehicle charging stations similar to this one are expected to populate parking lots across France by 2015)Labels: clean news
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