Haifa buildings prepare for electric cars
Municipality to sign document with Better Place CEO pledging that all new structures in city must have charging station infrastructure as part of three-year plan to make way for electric car
The document was signed by Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav and Better Place Israel CEO Moshe Kaplinsky on Tuesday.
According to the agreement, the municipality will conduct a pilot experiment to examine the feasibility of using electric cars, and will allow Better Place to install charging stations in the city as part of a three-year experiment.
Over the next three years the Better Place charging station infrastructure will be laid out on dozens of streets and parking lots throughout the city, the memo said.
The city will also add the requirement of preparing charging station infrastructure in all newly constructed buildings before granting building permits.
"Local authorities' heads are showing much interest in taking part in the electric car project in order to improve the quality of life of their residents," Kaplinsky said on Monday.
"Mayors understand the need to prepare for the coming of the electric car and to lay out an infrastructure that will, for the first time, allow fast, convenient and available charging. Better Place has already set up 400 charging stations in various cities."
