Seattle's Century Link Field is again the location for the unveiling of a new all-electric car.
The Nissan Leaf debuted here nearly a year ago. Tomorrow morning there will be a demonstration of the plug-in technology at the charging stations near the stadium – to mark the opening of order banks for owning the new Ford electric vehicle.
With these new all-electric plug-in Nissan Leaf hatchbacks added to its fleet, King County "raises the bar" for van pool programs, says Executive Dow Constantine. Children's Hospital installed the first 4 of 20 at their campus in Seattle.
Now, driving an all-electric vehicle is well on its way to becoming mainstream reality. A pilot program is installing thousands of electric car charging stations in the Puget Sound region and making them more available to regular folks.
The city of Seattle is greening up its fleet of vehicles with the addition of five Nissan Leafs. The city plans to have a total of 35 Leafs by the end of 2012.
Seattle is one of 18 cities taking part in The EV Project, the nation's largest electric vehicle demonstration.
Starting this week, the first of roughly 900 electric car owners in the Northwest will each have a free charging station built into their garages. The deal comes with a catch though.
The debating and waiting can now take a back seat. Here comes the real world test whether Northwest drivers will embrace electric vehicles. Carmaker Nissan has made the first customer delivery in the region of its fully-electric Nissan Leaf model.
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