Exciting news today that heralds the end of the filling station and the beginning of the era of the charging station. Under a $99.8 million grant announced today, the Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec) will establish up to 2,550 charging systems for electric vehicles in the Seattle area, as well as four other metropolitan areas across the country. We have pushed hard to make Seattle a center for clean energy development and an attractive place for projects like this. Earlier this year, we set the stage by establishing a partnership with the Nissan electric vehicle program.

From our street car to light rail and now electric vehicles, Seattle is definitely leading the way converting our transportation from oil to electricity. I invite you to read more about this latest news on charging stations coming soon to our city.