Amsterdam Increases Electric Car Recharging Stations

The city of Amsterdam has announced plans to increase the number of recharging points for electric cars from 100 to almost 2,000. Currently, there are 150 electric cars using the existing stations, but the increased number of recharging points should make recharging more convenient, and encourage larger numbers of drivers to switch to electric cars.

This annoucement follows Amsterdam's 2009 goal of having 5% (10,000 vehicles) of all cars in the city electric by 2015.

In addition, Nissan/Renault has pledged to introduce new electric cars to the Dutch market within the next year. The car manufacturer maintains that the new models will compete on both price and quality with petrol and diesel cars. It has now been reported that other car manufacturers have begun to express an interest in launching new electric vehicles in the city.

Source: NisNews