Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

This is a well written story in the Pasadena Star News about how the utilities are gearing up for the coming plug-in vehicles. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. It might seem that simply plugging in your Chevy Volt or Ford Escape before bedtime would do. Photo by Eric Tom).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. The New York Times looks at how EVs are going to shake up our cities.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

But this still doesn’t take away from a 47% EV market share, more than double 2019’s, and also a sharp shift in composition from a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) dominated island to an evenly balanced 2020 mix (yes, there are points for that too). Sure, 2x more people live within Seattle city limits than in all of Iceland’s huge expanses.

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