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I-5 in Oregon gets charging stations for electric cars
Electric car owners traveling on Interstate 5 in Oregon don't have to worry about running out of juice after fast-charging stations opened Friday.
By JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. —
Electric car owners riding along Oregon's Interstate 5 don't have to worry about running out of juice on the open road.
The first major stretch of what's been dubbed an "Electric Highway" on the West Coast from Canada to Mexico went operational Friday with the opening of a series of fast-charging stations along 160 miles of the interstate.
The eight stations stretch from the California border north to the Oregon city of Cottage Grove and are located at gas stations, restaurants and motels just off I-5, the nation's second-busiest interstate. One station is at an inn that was once a stage coach stop.
They are spaced about every 25 miles, so a Nissan Leaf with a range of about 70 miles can miss one station and still make it to the next.
Electric car owners traveling on Interstate 5 in Oregon don't have to worry about running out of juice after fast-charging stations opened Friday.
By JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. —
Electric car owners riding along Oregon's Interstate 5 don't have to worry about running out of juice on the open road.
The first major stretch of what's been dubbed an "Electric Highway" on the West Coast from Canada to Mexico went operational Friday with the opening of a series of fast-charging stations along 160 miles of the interstate.
The eight stations stretch from the California border north to the Oregon city of Cottage Grove and are located at gas stations, restaurants and motels just off I-5, the nation's second-busiest interstate. One station is at an inn that was once a stage coach stop.
They are spaced about every 25 miles, so a Nissan Leaf with a range of about 70 miles can miss one station and still make it to the next.