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Better Place, the innovative electric car infrastructure developer, has signed up the Canadian province of Ontario to develop an electric car network.

Initially Better Place will establish an office in Ontario and build an electric car demonstration and education centre in Toronto. It will also develop a plan and timeline for a charging network.

Meanwhile, the Ontario government will undertake a major study to accelerate the introduction and adoption of electric vehicles across the region, which will report back in May this year.

“Today’s announcement is the all-important first step in an expected electric car charging network rollout for Canada, and we look forward to working in partnership with the Ontario government on it,” commented Better Place’s founder and CEO Shai Agassi.

Better Place will be joining forces with Canada’s green electricity supplier Bullfrog Power and investment firm the Macquarie Group on the initiative.

Bullfrog will be providing 100% renewable electricity for the charging network, according to president Tom Heintzman.

For further information:
www.energyefficiencynews.com/directory/i/1698/
www.betterplace.com/
www.ontario.ca/
www.bullfrogpower.com/
www.macquarie.com/com/index.htm

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