First Brightfield™ Installation a Success

Asheville Public Works Ribbon Cutting- Scott Hamilton

First Brightfield™ Installation a Success

Asheville Public Works Ribbon Cutting

Nova Charge President Helda Rodriguez and Asheville’s first Chevy Volt owner James Brazell celebrate the ribbon cutting.

By all measures,  Brightfield’s ribbon cutting was a success.  Over 200 people and nearly a dozen media outlets gathered to hear our Congressman, Mayor, NC Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and AdvantageWest CEO speak about Brightfield demonstrating innovation, job creation, and clean energy and transportation solutions. The Asheville Citizen Times gave Brightfield  an “A” for the event and the unveiling of our vision to make Asheville America’s first EV travel destination where tourists can come and have a Solar Driven™ EV experience: A to Brightfield Transportation Solutions, a new alternative energy company, which opened its first Brightfield solar-powered charging station for electric vehicles Monday in the parking lot of the city Public Works Building on Charlotte Street. It’s the first of four stations which will open in the next few weeks, and funded through a $376,000 grant from the federal stimulus. The system was designed and manufactured in the Asheville area from American materials, supporting local jobs while cutting down on fossil fuel use and greenhouse gases. BTS co-founder Stan Cross said the company wants to brand Asheville as a tourism destination for visitors who can rent electric vehicles and drive the mountains “fueled by sunshine.” To read stories in the news about the ribbon cutting event and view photos from the day, check out the links below (note that at the time of this ribbon cutting, Brightfield Transportation Solutions was called BioWheels Responsible Transportation Solutions): http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=B0&Dato=20111212&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=312120051&Ref=PH&referrer=PHOTOFEATURE http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011312120023 http://www.mountainx.com/article/38228/Ashevilles-first-electric-vehicle-charging-station-opens-Monday-Dec.-12-at-Charlotte-and-Eagle http://www.mountainx.com/article/38305/NCs-first-solar-vehicle-charging-station-dedicated#

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