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The City of Hillsboro, Oregon, has joined the small but growing network of municipalities committed to fostering the market for plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles by providing public battery charging stations.


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A battery of battery chargers at San Francisco Civic Center.


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Northern California-based Coulomb Technologies said this morning that Hillsboro has purchased 16 of its networked EV chargers from an area distributor and plans to install them throughout the downtown area, including in the central transit depot being built this year.
 
"Our city is progressive and aggressive in implementing sustainable solutions to environmental and economic challenges," David Robinson, Hillsboro's facilities and fleet director, sad in a statement. "We have a large forward-thinking population ready to embrace electric vehicle technology and the city is committed to providing the facilities to meet the public's demand."


That demand is likely to come from the techies who make up a big chunk of Hillsboro's population and historically have been early adopters of EVs. 


The city, 15 miles from Portland, is the heart of Oregon's "Silicon Forest" high-tech region and is home to major facilities of companies such as Intel, Epson and Sun Microsystems.

Tags: Plug-ins and Electric, Coulomb Technologies, Electric Vehicles, EV Chargers, Plug In Hybrids

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Hillsboro, Oregon, Joins EV Charging Network was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.