Today Maryland announced a plan to add $1 million of infrastructure to support electric vehicle use throughout the State. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the investment will build approximately 65 electric vehicle charging stations around the State to attract and support the coming electric vehicle industry. In addition, plans are in place for Maryland workers to retrofit the state’s existing truck stop electric infrastructure, an improvement which is expected to displace approximately 400,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually by allowing trucks to use electric power instead of idling at truck stops.
“Electric vehicles offer the potential to displace significant amounts of gasoline, nearly 20 percent of which is currently imported from the Persian Gulf,” noted Governor O’Malley. “Investing in electric vehicle technologies will create jobs for our workers, green opportunities for our businesses, and a Smart, Green and Growing Maryland.”
This funding complements the recently enacted Electric Vehicle Tax Credit bill and Electric Vehicle HOV bill, which recently passed into law. As major vehicle manufactures begin to release electric vehicles for sale to general consumers throughout the course of this year, adding this infrastructure will better equip Maryland to meet the demand for publicly accessible charging stations.
The locations of these new charging stations include:
- Truck Stop Electrification (TSE) units at Baltimore, Elkton, and Jessup, totaling 249 TSE installations
- 9 to 16 electric vehicle re-charging stations in various parking garages throughout Baltimore City
- 55 electric vehicle re-charging stations around the state and the I95 corridor, including Harford, Cecil, Baltimore City, Baltimore, Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Charles, Frederick and Prince George’s counties.
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