{"id":48296,"date":"2021-05-11T08:34:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=48296"},"modified":"2021-05-11T08:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:34:30","slug":"first-public-electric-vehicle-charging-station-opened-signals-start-of-transportation-revolution-for-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/first-public-electric-vehicle-charging-station-opened-signals-start-of-transportation-revolution-for-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"First Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opened \u2013 Signals Start of Transportation Revolution for Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48299\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48299\" class=\"wp-image-48299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SPS_6354_resize-e1620654704903-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SPS_6354_resize-e1620654704903-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SPS_6354_resize-e1620654704903-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SPS_6354_resize-e1620654704903-1.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-48299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transportation Revolution for Jamaica<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post_content clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">May 7, 2021<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This morning (May 7), JPS commissioned the first public electric vehicle charging station on the island. The move signals the anticipated change in the tide of vehicle usage from the traditional internal combustion engine, to electric vehicles (EVs). The EV Charging Station, dubbed the JPS Charge \u2018N Go, is located at the Boots Gas Station in Drax Hall, St. Ann and features chargers with different specifications to cater to three different vehicle requirements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking at the event, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, quoted the Global EV Outlook 2021, pointing out that \u201cDespite the pandemic, electric vehicle registrations have increased by 41% at the end of 2020. In the first quarter of 2021, global electric car sales have soared by almost 140% when compared to the same period in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This world trend was also acknowledged by the JPS President &amp; CEO, who outlined some of the significant opportunities that the industry could bring to Jamaica. \u201cThe new electric mobility ecosystem is about all of Jamaica,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about building new skill sets and providing new job opportunities for people to work in an emerging industry. With this electric mobility ecosystem, we want to create internship opportunities for students; training opportunities for technicians and mechanics to service EVs\u2026 This ecosystem is also about creating innovative financing opportunities for persons who want to pursue new ventures in the EV industry\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By year end, five more EV charging stations will be in place, in both cities (Kingston and Montego Bay), as well as other urban centres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Unlike the traditional internal combustion engine, the electrical vehicle has very little under the hood, and maintenance consists mostly of tyre and wiper blade changes a few times per year, if so often. Electric vehicles are also environmentally friendly, as they emit little or no carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; May 7, 2021 This morning (May 7), JPS commissioned the first public electric vehicle charging station on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3970,3292,3360,3969,3971,525],"class_list":["post-48296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-electricmobilityecosystem","tag-electricvehicles","tag-ev","tag-evchargingstation","tag-jobopportunities","tag-jps"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","month_date":"May","day_date":"11","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}