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MarkWhaley,tolooketgreening ofOttawahaspruvfledanelectric a;, ‘We've had a few people stop by the city’s fleet while pushing the cardlaryng station [U11 next to its to see the green charging light,” cityto makemoredlargingatations dtyhall. saidRussell. andpriorityoffuturedtyplnnning Rtmellisn‘ttheonlyoneafiing But beyond the novelty of seeing “I am hoping that the City of the city to offer more support for lusmrplwdintotheeneriorof Waterloowillkeepelectricvehides, electricvehiclewnersandopera- his home by a curly black cord, it and the benefits to the community tors. In February, members of the . wasn‘t easy convincing his condo and environment they have, in University of Waterloo Alternative ': . . board to let him install the charger. mind concerning city planning, Fuels Than: and theWaterloo Stu- t w ; Until they did a couple of weeks fleet management and environ» dents PlaruringAdviaorygroup met ‘- ago. it meant he would have to mental sustainability,” wrote Rusâ€" with Mayor Brenthlhlloran todla- ‘ snake a power cord through the sell in an email to city representa- cussways to promotemoreelectrlc . _ front window of his home to plug- ,, . . and hybrid vehicles in the commuâ€" ’ . f in his Chevrolet Volt â€" even in the The charging stations nlty. - if ‘ dead ofwinter. are showing up slowly Russell said Waterloo is missing ,... . "I could get back and forth to , ho - a great opportunity as a city that g I“ work on a single charge,” said Rus- Theyre 5 .wmg up touts its reputationasa tedtnoloflâ€" ; ; sell. “But time aren't a lot ordntg- more slowly in Waterloo cal leader. When he types Silicon r y ingstations around town." . Region than in some Valley into Plugfllare, the screen is , . The move has cut the charging ,, swamped with plug-in spots _.q time for his vehicle down from 10.5 other areas. "We like to consider ourselves ’ . at hours to 4.25 hours. He can even _Clmw SiliconValleyNorth,butwe’rereally f“ if pr ram the car to start taking a . far behind." said Russell. who '3» , chagrge during off-peak hours to Wehmcoaroumandadmre notedWaterloo’s Schlueter Glevro- furtherhiscostsavings um letismefinltblmdealetornew ’ Not that he minded a little “lam glad that Waterloo North Chevy Volts in all of Canada. with 7;; . inconvenience for the perfomlance Hydro has also acquired a Wit, and 15 said in the last year. “The charg- ' the vehicle delivered. Even though hope that the City of Waterloo will ingstations areshowing up slowly. . it was not operating at its optimal take steps to examine how we can ”niey’reshowing up more slow- . , ,, energy output, he’s still saving become a more electric vehicle- lyinWateriooRegitmthan insome Currienussell demorlstrmthepmsuphisChevyVoitathis home. upwards cf$200 to $250 a month in friendly city.” other areas It’s one of those duck- ”mm ' ‘ fuelcostssinceheboughtthevehi- Currie said that he isn't looking enandtheeggsituations...itkind chargingstationsandperhapseven Wilma“. do last September. for free charging stations around ofneeds that catalyst toget going' installing one at city hall. there are Beetric car ownership has had And it only costs him about 28 the city. In fact he said charging his Coun. Whaley said the city is no immediatcplans some unexpected advantages for ' cents a day to operate the vehicle car has only added about $20 extra interested in the technology but 'we're looking to leaders like Russell. like a preferred parking that takes him to and from work at a month to hisown hydro bills they haven't been able to make an Currie right now to blaze a trail. spot at Conestop Mal. It came in the Waterloo Regional Airport in it‘s just that in Waterloo the economic mac forltyet. and as soon as there k a case to be handy during Christina and dfll< Breslau. number of charging stations are “We have a number of initiatives made for savings or even breaking ing with the daily parking merry- “! commute 20 kilometres each conspicuous by their absence. He to reduce costs, but on the electric even, and adopting electric tech- putrid. ' way to go to work. and l have been goes online to PlugShare.com and car from there is no economic lea- nology that costs the same but pm‘ “It’s great now becamwe're doing it for more than 10 years puts in his Waterloo location â€" son for us to move forward â€" it's duce less pollution, we'ie going to going to be right outside the new now.” said Russell. “I've always there are only seven public charg- just too expensive right now.“ said go there. Target store.” said Russell with 3 though there was some other way ing stations listed on the entire Whaley. “But in the future we're “But it’s tough for the city to get lam. 'When nobody could find a for me to get to work without driv- map. 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