Local organizations and businesses gathered at the Georgia Welcome Center at Interstate 85 on Wednesday for a groundbreaking event celebrating the installation of an electric vehicle charging station.
The photovoltaic, or PV4EV, quick charge station is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Economic Development. It will be the first installation in a plan developed by the Georgia Tech College of Architecture and part of the Mission Zero Corridor funded by Kia Motors America and organizations that include the Georgia Conservancy, LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce, Interface and the cities of LaGrange and West Point.
“Soon, EV (electronic vehicle) drivers will be able to drive from Montgomery, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with ease,” said Harriet Langford, trustee for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. “The PV4EV charging station will be powered from the sun.”
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Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia presents a $100,516 check to the City of West Point to install the charger and connect it to the City of West Point power grid.
Pictured l-r: West Point Mayor, Drew Ferguson, IV; Harriet Langford, Ray C. Anderson Foundation President and Trustee; Randy Jackson, Senior VP Human Resources and Administration, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
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