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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. By Jim Motavalli for the New York Times. A $2,000 value!).

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: After being sucker-punched first by the recession and then by the closure earlier this year of the NUMMI plant with its nearly 5,000 auto-worker jobs, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city is suddenly coming to — buoyed by last week’s news that electric-car maker Tesla will jump-start NUMMI. By Patrick May.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Photo by Jim Wilson, New York Times. The New York Times looks at how EVs are going to shake up our cities.