Media

News Releases

• Ground breaks on West Coast Electric Highway
• Washington selects AeroVironment to light up nation’s first electric highway
• Washington to create nation’s first electric vehicle-friendly scenic byway along U.S. 2
• Gov. Gregoire announces plan to launch nation’s first electric highway
• Governor Kulongoski announces plan to install EV stations from Eugene to Medford
• Gov. Kulongoski, Sen. Wyden and Sen. Merkley announce electric vehicle infrastructure TIGER II Grant

TV

• KCPQ 13 Fox News
  WSDOT begins to charge 'Electric Highway'
  I-5 rest areas to become electric-car friendly
• KIRO 7 News
  Green Highway Alternative Fuels(1 min 27 sec .wmv file)
  Electric Highway EV Charging Stations (31sec .wmv file)
• KOMO 4 , KONG 6, and KCPQ 13 Fox News
  Electric Highway EV Charging Stations (1 min 12 sec .wmv file)

Radio/Podcasts

• American Road Triptalk
  The Green Highway
• KEX 1190 AM (Clear Channel, Portland)
  Washington State Adding to Green Highway

Blogs

• Bellingham Herald - Traffic Talk
  State to spend $1.32M on electric vehicle charging stations along I-5; Custer rest area to get one
• Cars.com
  Washington State to Build First 'Electric Highway'
• Crosscut
  Electric vehicles go for first down at Qwest Field
  The electric-vehicle era: Are you ready?
• GoElectricDrive.com
  WSDOT installing EV charging stations on the first electric highway
• New York Times
  Washington Plans Its Own Electric Highway
• Scientific American
  Pacific Northwest Gets More Fast-Charge Juice for Its Electric Highway
• Seattle Transportation Watch
  I-5 to become the nation's first electric highway;
• WSDOT Federal Transportation Blog
  Federal Transportation Issues
• WSDOT Blog
  Electric vehicles...the first Nissan LEAF arrives on Friday!
• What IS Working
  Within Six Months, I-5 Will Be The Electric Interstate

Newsletters

• Electric Drive Transportation Association
  The Electric Drive Report
• Washington State Department of Transportation
  The Hybrid Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Report