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25 Most Electric-Vehicle-Ready Cities

25 Most Electric-Vehicle-Ready Cities

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Ford has identified the 25 most electric vehicle (EV) ready cities in the U.S., based on the company’s latest research.

The 25 cities are dotted all over the country from Hartford to Honolulu. A previous Pike research report highlighted 6 cities expected to be early EV adopters: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and Houston.

Ford used measures such as a streamlined permit process, utility rate structures that support nighttime charging, incentives such as high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, preferred parking and tax incentives to determine the rankings. Ford also took into consideration specialized measures some cities are taking to support electric vehicles.

A number of cities are putting special parking in place for electric cars. In Honolulu all parking facilities with 100 parking spaces or more must designate at least 1 percent for EVs by the end of the year.

Los Angeles will have designated charging spots throughout California where electric cars can park after paying a $17 application fee.

Boston, New York City and Philadelphia are looking into opportunities to promote travel between the cities by electric vehicle. In Houston, electricians can be given immediate online approval to install chargers.

Ford plans to launch five electrified vehicles in North America by 2012 and Europe by 2013. Two Ford cars, the 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the (gasoline-powered) 2012 Ford Focus Electric, made it into the top 10 green cars EVs of 2011 selected by Kelley Blue Book.

This story, written by Ciara Byrne, was originally posted on VentureBeat's GreenBeat, an editorial partner of AllCarsElectric.





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  1. fb_1341732987 avatar Douglas Kerr Posted: 4/15/2011 12:34pm PDT

    Please note that the 2012 Ford Focus Electric did NOT make it into the Kelley Blue Book top 10 EV's of - 2011. First, it's the top GREEN cars of 2011, not EV's. Second, the plain old gas-powered Ford Focus was listed. There is no listing for the EV Ford Focus.
     
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  2. john_v avatar John Voelcker Posted: 4/16/2011 3:46am PDT

    @Douglas: Thanks for the note. One error came from VentureBeat's author, one we introduced during editing. We've fixed both, and offer apologies to our readers.
     
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  3. By recycle Posted: 4/16/2011 5:26am PDT

    Houston right now is one of the leaders in using electric cars so cities are encouraged to put in more in charging stations or buy their own electric car. Learn more from this video I found on YouTube: http://youtu.be/OUYrnRji1pI
     
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  4. By John Posted: 4/16/2011 11:12am PDT

    Who's responsible for this map and where did they go to school? Atlanta GA is -not- situated over Birmingham Alabama!
     
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  5. By jeffhre Posted: 4/19/2011 11:32am PDT

    "Los Angeles will have designated charging spots throughout California where electric cars can park after paying a $17 application fee."
    Will a 17 dollar fee really allow drivers to park throughout the 1700 communities amongst the nearly 500 incorporated towns of the 37 million residents of California? Or is this just for the City of Los Angeles?
     
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