If you live or work in the Bethesda area and own an electric car, you’ll soon be seeing new places to stop and charge up your vehicle.
Car Charging Group, a Florida-based electric vehicle charging service, is teaming up with Federal Realty, a national real estate and development firm, to install seven new Level II, 240-volt car-charging stations in the Washington, DC area. In Bethesda, the new stations can be found at Bethesda Row, 4950 Elm Street. Other new stations will be located at Rockville.
The charge will most likely be $3.00 per hour.
According to the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, the county currently has about five charging stations for the 94 plug-in vehicles that are registered in the county, so having more stations will really help out local electric car owners in Washington, DC and her suburbs.
There are about 202 plug-in vehicles registered in the state of Maryland, which are serviced by 80 charging stations at 40 locations.
Being green definitely pays off. If you purchase a plug-in electric vehicle in Maryland by July 1, 2013, you’ll be eligible for a $2,000 excise motor vehicle tax credit. This is in addition to the existing $7,500 federal tax credit for the purchase. Electric car owners can also get a $400 tax credit toward installation of electric vehicle charging stations in their homes.
The Charge Point network is a collection of privately owned charging stations which provides a list of available charging stations by area. Go to www.mychargepoint.com for more details.
Making it easy to own and charge electric cars is one of the many ways Bethesda cares for the environment and its citizens. Wouldn’t you like to live here? Contact me, Mynor Herrera, today, for expert help buying or selling in the DC, MD, & VA areas! I also specialize in Bethesda and Chevy Chase, as well as the sub-divisions of Rosemary Hills, Rock Creek Forest, East Bethesda and Whitehall Condominium.
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