General Motors, in collaborations with the U.S. Department of Energy, has partnered with 12 other companies as founding Partners of the DOE's Workplace Charging Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to increase the average number of employers with workplace charging stations in the next five years.
The plan was outlined in a press release issued this week by GM.
"Since the introduction of the Chevrolet Volt, we have made a commitment to lead by example on workplace charging and to engage in encouraging other companies to help provide the infrastructure supporting the electric vehicle market," said Mike Robinson, GM vice president, Sustainability and Global Regulatory Affairs. "With 239 workplace charging spots for the use of GM employees to charge their personal plug-in vehicles, we are primed to meet this challenge."
To accomplish their goal, GM needed help from the nation's top "expanding electric-vehicle infrastructure" to increase consumer exposure to plug-in electric models.
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Companies lined up to promote workplace charging stations include: Chrysler, Verizon, 3M, Duke Energy, Tesla, Eli Lilly and Company, Siemens, Ford Motor Co., San Diego Gas & Electric, General Electric, Google and Nissan.
"Behind the workplace charging goal is the EV Everywhere Challenge, which is dedicated to accelerating the development, affordability, convenience and commercialization of the next generation of plug-in electric vehicles to be on par with today's gasoline-powered vehicles," said GM in their press release.
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