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Capitol Hill Community Post | Popularity of electric cars in Seattle

SAMSUNGWe all know that electric cars are getting famous and more widely used lately. This trend is apparent in whole country and even in the rest of the world. But how does it reflect in Seattle?

Here we have quite some electric car owners. This is number is increasing because of all efforts by Seattle government to increase the popularity of those cars. However, before we really become a green city (which our mayor wants us to be – see for example http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2016/03/seattle-rolls-out-electric-car-initiative/), we need to further increase the number of recharging stations in the city. Although the city has quite a lot of recharging stations already, it would help a lot if the city council could relax some rules about where it is legal to open them and how. This would further increase the amount of investments in recharging stations. This in turn would increase the number of electric cars and their popularity. According to http://carstations.com, the number of stations in whole Seattle is below one hundred, which means that there is still a lot of space left to grow.

Seattle is a great city for electric cars. People live in a standard that is high enough to be able to afford them, it is small, so you do not need a long reach (the idea is that you go to work and you recharge while working – this is why they should be allowed to be in parking houses).

These are just some ideas. We all want to live in a city that is famous for its order and eco-friendliness. With some tweaks we can become one of the best cities in USA in those areas.

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