COVINA, Calif., Dec. 13 /CSRwire/ -IKEA, the IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in four Blink Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations at its Covina, California store as part of its partnership with ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies. This initiative represents the fifth such project for IKEA in the United States. Installation also is planned at four other IKEA stores in the Western U.S. To charge an EV at IKEA Covina, drivers pull into a designated parking spot, swipe their Blink InCard (RFID card), plug the charger into the EV, and then shop and eat at their leisure in the IKEA store while the vehicle is charging.