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Chevrolet Volt in One of 10 New Solar-Powered Charging Stations. A Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range charges in one of the 10 solar-powered charging stations installed at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center in Detroit. General Motors pledged Thursday, January 31, 2013, to increase workplace charging through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge. Photo courtesy GM

Washington, D.C., USA – January 31, 2013

General Motors, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, is joining 12 other companies as founding Partners of the DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge.

The goal is to increase the number of employers with workplace charging tenfold within five years.

Successfully meeting the challenge will help strengthen the nation’s expanding electric-vehicle infrastructure and increase consumer exposure to plug-in electric vehicles.

Volt Plug In Day
Chevrolet Volt owners celebrated National Plug-In Day at nine Chevy dealerships across the country to highlight the environmental, economic and other benefits of plug-in electric vehicles.
September 22, 2012.
Photo courtesy Chevrolet News Photo / Rob Widdis

“Since the introduction of the Chevrolet Volt, we have made a commitment to lead by example on workplace charging and to engage in encouraging other companies to help provide the infrastructure supporting the electric vehicle market,” said Mike Robinson, GM vice president, Sustainability and Global Regulatory Affairs.
“With 239 workplace charging spots for the use of GM employees to charge their personal plug-in vehicles, we are primed to meet this challenge.”

OnStar is testing an app capable of telling Chevrolet Volt owners how much it costs to charge their battery – and compare the Volt’s energy use with the total energy consumed in their home by day, month or year.
The app initially will be tested with and only be available to Volt drivers in Pecan Street smart grid project in Austin, Texas, but OnStar hopes to make the app available for all Volt owners in the near future.
Photo courtesy GM

The DOE will provide technical assistance and establish a network where Partners and Ambassadors can share best practices.

These companies are part of the pledge to promote workplace charging stations:

• 3M

• Chrysler LLC

• Duke Energy

• Eli Lilly and Company

• Ford Motor Co.

• General Electric

• Google

• Nissan

• San Diego Gas & Electric

• Siemens

• Tesla

• Verizon

Chevy Volt National Plug In Day Detroit.
GM pledges to increase workplace charging through U.S. Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge.
Photo courtesy GM

Behind the workplace charging goal is the EV Everywhere Challenge, which is dedicated to accelerating the development, affordability, convenience and commercialization of the next generation of plug-in electric vehicles to be on par with today’s gasoline-powered vehicles.
For more information on GM’s environmental commitment ( http://www.gm.com/environment ),
visit its sustainability report ( http://www.gmsustainability.com/ )
and environmental blog ( http://www.gmbeyondnow.com/ ).

General Motors Co.

General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM, TSX: GMM) and its partners produce vehicles in 30 countries, and the company has leadership positions in the world's largest and fastest-growing automotive markets.

GM’s brands include Chevrolet and Cadillac, as well as Baojun, Buick, GMC, Holden, Isuzu, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling.

More information on the company and its subsidiaries, including OnStar, a global leader in vehicle safety, security and information services, can be found at http://www.gm.com

Source: General Motors

http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/gm/news.html

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