SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state transportation officials on Wednesday announced a new initiative to place electric vehicle charging stations at key intervals along the West Coast's busiest highway — a development that should allow drivers to cruise the 580 miles from the southern border of Oregon all the way to Canada by the end of the year.
Proponents of the technology hailed it as a major step toward making the zero-emission cars with limited range a viable option for more Americans.
"This is exciting because it's the first time on a long stretch of highway that you have electric charging infrastructure," said Benoit Colin, of the Washington, D.C.-based Electric Drive …
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