How Local Governments Can Plan for Electric Vehicles

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News Highlight

May 4, 2011

COG hosted a forum on April 29, to discuss how local governments in the region can plan for and encourage the use of electric vehicles. Participants at the forum included representatives from local governments, utilities, and electric vehicle suppliers. For presentations from the forum, click here.

To view a WUSA 9 video piece featuring Falls Church Vice Mayor David Snyder and other forum participants, click here. News Channel 8 also covered the event. See their video piece here.

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