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Electric vehicle charging station to be dedicated on Guilford/Alamance line

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

(Updated 10:29 am)

By The Times-News of Burlington

BURLINGTON — One of the first electric vehicle charging stations at a North Carolina rest area has been placed at the rest area on northbound Interstate 40/85 on the Alamance/Guilford county line.

State officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The state has placed charging stations at the 40/85 rest area and a rest area located at the Interstate 40/95 junction near Benson. Each area sees more than a million visitors each year, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The stations were provided by Raleigh-based Praxis Technologies through a grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce Green Business Fund Program.

Wednesday's ribbon-cutting will be hosted by Praxis and feature speakers from the state transportation and commerce departments.

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marcusk

January 10, 2012 - 7:34 am EST

How much was the grant of taxpayers money for this boondoggle?

rooster8786

January 10, 2012 - 9:52 am EST

local news last night said you had to swipe your card to access the gadget. Then they clarified the story to say swipe the card that comes with your electric car, not a debit/credit card. Electric usage of this miracle is free. WHY?

goodtoknow

January 10, 2012 - 10:56 am EST

Why is it free? How long is a charge? How long do they expect the lines to be when possibly a lot of cars are expecting to use a station and are running low on a charge? Will there be hotels within walking distance to stay at while waiting in line for a charge?

jandrew28

January 10, 2012 - 11:00 am EST

News & Record, please do some research. Why are they installing it? Who pays for the install? How do users of the charger pay for the electricity they use? Who determines how long and in what order the chargers are used? If the average all electric car gets 60 miles to a charge on a 220 volt charger in four hours, an hour only nets them 15 miles, what good will that do for the average Joe?

luvmylabs

January 10, 2012 - 1:02 pm EST

Just how much is this costing the taxpayer since the grant came from taxpayer money?

shine

January 10, 2012 - 2:30 pm EST

10 cents for the entire fund, less for this individual project. $1 million goes to this fund every year for grants. We have about 10 million people. I don't have an electric car myself, but about a lot more money goes to tobacco subsidies and I don't smoke.