ONTARIO, CANADA, TO BE A BETTER PLACE PLACE

Ontario Paves The Way For Electric Car; McGuinty Government And Better Place - Working To Move Ontario Forward
January 15, 2009 (CNW Group)

“Ontario is joining forces with a world-leading company that creates innovative infrastructure for electric cars…California-based Better Place will establish a Canadian head-office in Ontario. They will build an electric car demonstration and education centre in Toronto to lay the groundwork to help get electric vehicles running on Ontario roads. By May 2009, the Ontario government will release a study which will look at ways to speed up the introduction of electric vehicles including…Financial incentives…Preferred access…Forward looking procurement policies…[and] public education and promotion of electric vehicles…

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“At the same time, Better Place will develop an electric car charging network rollout plan and timelines…

“Under the Better Place model, electric car drivers enroll in a subscription plan to use the company's open network of battery exchange stations and charge spots in homes, businesses and parking lots…

“Canada-based Bullfrog Power will provide the Better Place network withelectricity from local renewable sources to avoid shifting emissions from tailpipe to smokestack and support Ontario's commitment to end the use of coal-fired generation by 2014…”