In January, Windham Mountain unveiled Greene County’s very first electric vehicle charging station. “Both plug-ins were in use all weekend,” says spokesperson Beth Barry about the kick-off of this new free service.
Electric cars have hardly taken over the roads, but experts predict that we will soon see more green vehicles, including plug-in hybrids. Here’s a look at electric cars by the numbers:
- 2 Metro-North stations about to open charging stations (Bedford and Chappaqua)
- 100 miles Average driving range on one charge
- 520 Electric charging stations in New York State
- 15,000 Electric charging stations nationwide
- 17,500 U.S. sales of plug-in cars in 2011
- 53,000 U.S. sales of plug-in cars in 2012
- $4.4 million Amount New York State awarded last year to build 325 new charging stations
