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Virginia Museum of Transportation announces the installation of an electric vehicle charging station, the first in Roanoke
(August 30, 2011) The Virginia Museum of Transportation announces it is installing an Eaton Level 2 Pow-R-Station electric vehicle charging station at the Museum in downtown Roanoke. The charging station is part of the Museum’s efforts to highlight emerging transportation technologies and their impact on community development throughout the Commonwealth. The Level 2 Pow-R-Station will easily fill a depleted all-electric vehicle battery in four to six hours.
The charging station is mounted in front of the Museum. When the installation is completed, the charging station will accept credit cards for payment. The project was made possible by the Eaton Corporation, City Electric Supply, the Davis H. Elliot Company, and Advance Auto Parts. Read more...
Norfolk Southern Challenge
In 2008, Wick Moorman, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation, offered the Virginia Museum of Transportation a $1 million Challenge Match toward improved infrastructure and the development of new exhibits. In response, the Museum has undertaken a two-year planning process and welcomes the public’s comments and suggestions.
The Museum’s lead project consultant for this planning process is William L. Withuhn, Curator in the Division of Work and Industry at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. He is widely considered the nation’s leading transportation exhibits producer and is familiar with the Museum, its strengths, weaknesses, audiences, and great potential.
“The Virginia Museum of Transportation has a wonderful opportunity ahead of it to do a better job of sharing the wonderful stories of Virginia’s transportation heritage with current and future generations,” said executive director Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. “We are extremely grateful both to Norfolk Southern and to the public for the contribution of ideas and for the financial support necessary to bring the best of these ideas to fruition.”