In an effort to increase the popularity of electric vehicles on the West coast, a company called Coulomb Technologies has stepped up to the plate to make some major headway. The company would be installing a third of the total 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations in California alone. Over 1000 installations are scheduled to be put in by December, with the rest in place by September 2011.

The installations are a part of $37-million project called ChargePoint America, funded partly by a $15-million stimulus grant administered by the Department of Energy through the Transportation Electrification Initiative.