{"id":969,"date":"2017-03-07T12:20:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T17:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=969"},"modified":"2017-03-07T12:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T17:21:55","slug":"plugging-into-marylands-ev-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/03\/07\/plugging-into-marylands-ev-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Plugging Into Maryland&#8217;s EV Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>EV Workplace Charging Education<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-electric-vehicle-charging.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-970\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-electric-vehicle-charging-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-electric-vehicle-charging-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-electric-vehicle-charging.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many EV owners charge their vehicles primarily at home, but accessing chargers at work can help owners double their vehicles&#8217; all-electric daily commuting range. The State is offering employers and property mangers the opportunity to Learn, Connect, Meet and Engage with EV charging subject matter experts at a free, half day workshop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Learn<\/em><\/strong> about Best Practices for installing and operating EV charging stations<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Connect<\/em><\/strong> with employers who are pursuing EV charging as an employee benefit<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Meet<\/em><\/strong> charging stations installers to see products in person<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Engage<\/em><\/strong> with other property owners who have successfully installed EV charging stations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-charging-man.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-972\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-charging-man-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-charging-man-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-charging-man-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-charging-man-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/workplace-charging-man.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What you will learn<\/strong><br \/>\nThese workshops will provide information on charging station grants available, associated costs, management details, and testimony on the benefit of hosting an EV charging station. \u00a0Each workshop will also feature hands-on time with featured EVs via Ride and Drive and refueling activities. Additionally, charging station vendors will be available to answer questions and demonstrate their offerings.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sign-Up Today<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Date: Thursday April 13, 2017<br \/>\nVenue: Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites Rockville-Gaithersburg<br \/>\nAddress: 14975 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD\u00a0 20850<br \/>\nCost: <strong>free<\/strong><br \/>\nRegister <a href=\"https:\/\/events-support.com\/events\/MDEV\/page\/1342\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Date: Wednesday April 19, 2017<br \/>\nVenue: Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor<br \/>\nAddress: 300 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202<br \/>\nCost: <strong>free<\/strong><br \/>\nRegister <a href=\"https:\/\/events-support.com\/events\/MDEV\/page\/1342\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>These free workshops are hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Energy Administration (MEA)<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdot.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/transportation\/Pages\/resources_cleancities.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Clean Cities Coalition<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/single-solar-canopy-charger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-974\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/single-solar-canopy-charger-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/single-solar-canopy-charger-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/single-solar-canopy-charger.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EV Workplace Charging Education Many EV owners charge their vehicles primarily at home, but accessing chargers at work can help owners double their vehicles&#8217; all-electric daily commuting range. The State is offering employers and property mangers the opportunity to Learn, Connect, Meet and Engage with EV charging subject matter experts<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/03\/07\/plugging-into-marylands-ev-future\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-newsletters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}