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JACKSONVILLE, FL—Regency Centers is installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at some of its grocery-anchored and community shopping centers in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and D.C. Regency is partnering with ECOtality to make the charging stations available at 19 shopping centers.

Regency’s roll out is part of The EV Project, a national deployment of commercial and residential charging stations in major U.S. cities and metropolitan areas. The project’s goal is to collect data on electric vehicle use, evaluate the effectiveness of EV charging infrastructure and evaluate revenue systems for commercial and public charging stations.