Georgia Power’s electric vehicle (EV) employee leasing program has set a milestone with more than one million commute miles. Since its inception in 1998, the employee vehicle leasing program began with eight EVs and today has more than 140 EVs in the program. The program is designed for Southern Company and Georgia Power employees living and working in the metro Atlanta area to commute to and from work by electric GM EV1s and Ford Rangers. The vehicles are also used for business-related meetings. Charging stations are available for employees to charge their vehicles at work, in their home garages, as well as at several malls in the metro Atlanta area. Employees also benefit from use of the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. Because electric vehicles are alternative-fueled vehicles, employees are allowed to ride in the HOV lanes with just one occupant in the vehicle, resulting in shorter commute times.
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