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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. The 2007 EV Parade in Santa Monica with State Senator Fran Pavley. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. Installing the 5.2

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Last spring, an educator in the YES (Youth Exploring Science) Program called me up, wanting to know if they could borrow our chapter’s electric go-kart.” The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. The GEVA go-kart at the Saint Louis Science Center. I kept burning them out.”

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Canadian district bans electric cars

Green Cars News

Dean Murdoch, former Sierra Club Victoria Group president told the website. Sadly just three members of the district council voted in favour of the electric cars. This hesitancy drove Canadian EV manufacturer, Dynasty Electric Cars out of the country in 2007.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Last spring, an educator in the YES (Youth Exploring Science) Program called me up, wanting to know if they could borrow our chapter’s electric go-kart.” The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. The GEVA go-kart at the Saint Louis Science Center. I kept burning them out.”

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

As Roberts' posits, 2007 holds out tremendous promise, the stars are aligned. Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. In California, I and over 50% of the drivers of electric cars have rooftop residential solar electricity.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol.

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Better Place closes $200M Series C financing; valuation now $2.25B

Green Car Congress

Better Place, a developer and provider of electric car networks—including battery switch stations, batteries and public/personal charge spots ( earlier post )—worldwide, has secured $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of top-tier investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25

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