ODoT selects AeroVironment for ‘Green Highway’

AeroVironment has been selected by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODoT) to install its high-power Level 3 electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations along the I-5 corridor from the California state line to the Willamette Valley. This is the beginning of the “Green Highway,” a vision for safe and consistent charging infrastructure spanning the West Coast, allowing EV drivers to travel with confidence from San Diego to Vancouver in Canada.
April 20, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSS2132 AeroVironment has been selected by the Oregon Department of Transportation (784 ODOT) to install its high-power Level 3 electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations along the I-5 corridor from the California state line to the Willamette Valley. This is the beginning of the “Green Highway,” a vision for safe and consistent charging infrastructure spanning the West Coast, allowing EV drivers to travel with confidence from San Diego to Vancouver in Canada.

AeroVironment, selected to provide charging stations for the 838 Nissan Leaf and BMW ActiveE, and co-developer of the first modern day EV, will install the fast charging stations along a 240-km span of the I-5. The stations will be placed at convenient locations and will allow drivers to recharge their electric vehicles from a fully-discharged state in less than 30 minutes.

“Fast charging stations along high-traffic transportation corridors will help make driving electric vehicles between communities a viable option for Oregonians,” said Art James, project director with the Oregon Department of Transportation.

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