The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington are working on turning Interstate 5 into the nation's first greenhighway, one that would have access to alternative fuel but probably more importantly, there will be battery charging and swapping stations along the road's 1,382 miles.
At least one governor has met with Better Place to discuss their involvement. The company has already launched projects in several countries around the world.
Yesterday in California, President Obama touted the future of the electric car, and that the long-term growth investments that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act budgets money for and announced the Department of Energy's $2.4 billion competitive grant program (under the stimulus package) that will "spark the manufacturing of the batteries and parts that run these cars."
Maybe this will be the first road to a carbon neutral future.
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