To help make it easier for electric vehicle owners to recharge, Google will display the locations of EV charging stations on its web and mobile applications. Charging stations are nowhere near as ubiquitous as gas stations and this is a barrier to the widespread proliferation of electric cars. Thanks to Google Maps, owners of plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles will have an easier time finding charging stations.Google has been a powerful supporter of greener cars. The search leader is also behind an initiative called RechargeIT, which hosts data about plug-in electric vehicles.
Google is working with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to add the data to its search engines. The Department of Energy indexes the location of all new electric vehicle charging stations as part of its GeoEVSE Forum.
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