High Five to I-5 - Charging Stations on I-5 to Create "E-I-5", the First Electric Freeway

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Go Getters in Washington State Government have put in place plans to bring you "E-I-5", the first ever Electric Highway. Interstate 5 from Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR will have an infrastructure of charging stations enabling electric vehicle owners to travel Washington State from its northern border to its southern border without fear of running out of juice. This push to build a charging infrastructure now extends to 5 western states and the District of Columbia.

"Washington’s “electric highway” connects Puget Sound electric vehicle drivers with Portland and other west coast communities participating in the EV Project, a $230 million project to deploy a total of 4,700 electric vehicles and nearly 15,000 charge stations in 5 states (Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona and Tennessee) and the District of Columbia. The state will partner with private companies to install fast charging infrastructure in critical charging zones in unserved locations along major interstates. The first charging sites will be placed along I-5 north of Everett and south of Centralia. The work on I-5 will be complemented with deployments along I-90 to include Central Washington."

"With millions of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, the time is now to replace gas guzzlers with clean electric cars,” said Ross Macfarlane, Climate Solutions Senior Business Partnerships Advisor. “Moving to electric vehicles is also one of the fastest ways that we can cut global warming pollution. About half of Washington's greenhouse gas emissions come from tailpipes, and electric vehicles provide one of the fastest ways to slash that pollution and move us to a more sustainable energy future."