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Chris posted - 05/03/10
A couple of weeks ago an article in the Guardian caught our eye: "San Francisco gears up for age of electric car".
Suzanne Goldenberg, the Guardian's US environment correspondent stated that: "San Francisco has adopted building codes requiring all new homes and offices to be wired for electric car chargers, in an attempt to position itself as America's green car capital."
This move comes as little surprise, proving still further that California is the leading green state in the union. There is worry though from the energy companies and from advisers to Governor Schwarzenegger. Terry Tamminen, Arnie's energy and environment advisor said: "I have talked to energy executives who are very fearful about what will happen even if you get past 1,000 vehicles,"
With President Obama promising 1,000,000 electric cars on US roads by 2015, sceptics still don't believe that this is achievable, with only a handful of American cities focusing time and money on founding an electric car infrastructure.
Read the rest of the article here.