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NJ company opens its first electric vehicle charging station
While some say the state is slowly developing an infrastructure for plug-in electric vehicles, a New Jersey company yesterday opened up its first charging station at a shopping mall in Texas to allow motorists to extend the range of their electric cars by 30 miles.
NRG Energy, a Princeton based company, opened it s first station in Houston, allowing owners to recharge their vehicles in as little as 10 minutes, an advancement that helps overcome one of the biggest concerns about plug-in vehicles—the convenience factor in refueling cars.
The opening of the station comes at a time when bills in the New Jersey Legislature to develop plug-in vehicle stations at shopping malls and rest areas have been approved by legislative committees but yet to be enacted by either the Senate or the Assembly. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)
