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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

Green Car Congress

Electrify America and the City of Sacramento announced new projects that will increase access to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in the Sacramento region, expand ZEV technology use, and prepare the City for future electric vehicle adoption. GIG Car Share will initially launch with 260 vehicles. mile “Home Zone.”

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First EVs in new car-sharing program with Envoy to roll out in Sacramento; 142 e-Golfs by early 2019; Sac-to-Zero

Green Car Congress

The first of hundreds of electric car-sharing vehicles coming to Sacramento, California as part of Electrify America’s $44-million investment in the City will be unveiled tomorrow at the Whispering Pines Apartments in Meadowview.

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Two US EV Charging Station Firsts

Green Car Congress

A public station with charging ports for more types of Electric Vehicles (EVs) than anything before it opened Saturday in Woodland, CA near Sacramento. Teslas, RAV4 EVs, Ford Rangers, Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, even EV conversions can be charged at the six-port station, in the parking lot of the new Woodland Gateway Shopping Center.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

and UC-Davis Emeritus and Catherine JJ DeMauro. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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More charging access on the way?

Electric Auto Association

We are at a transformational point in the adoption of clean electric vehicles (EVs). Local, state, and national governments are providing incentives for plug-in EVs and automotive manufacturers are increasingly producing vehicles that appeal to the public. The charger spaces increase to 10% for Tier 1 and 15% for Tier 2.

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More charging access on the way?

Electric Auto Association

We are at a transformational point in the adoption of clean electric vehicles (EVs). Local, state, and national governments are providing incentives for plug-in EVs and automotive manufacturers are increasingly producing vehicles that appeal to the public. The charger spaces increase to 10% for Tier 1 and 15% for Tier 2.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. He predicted that 10 percent of the cars sold would be electric vehicles by 2020. Such issues are being hashed out here first.