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BP to Install 45 Ecotality Blink DC Fast Charging Stations

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a partner in The EV Project, will install ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle (EV) DC Fast Chargers (480 volt 3-Phase AC input)—unveiled at the Business of Plugging In 2010 conference—at 45 BP and ARCO locations. Blink DC Fast Chargers will be available to the public at BP and ARCO locations as early as March of 2011.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Technology. Technology.

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ECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select US Best Buy Stores

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Phoenix, Ariz.; Separately, ECOtality said that it will unveil its commercial DC Fast Charging station at the upcoming Business of Plugging In 2010 conference. The project is funded by the US Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant of $114.8 ECOtality, Inc. Los Angeles, Calif.; San Diego, Calif. and Seattle, Wash.

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Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project

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The EV Project began in October 2009 when ECOtality’s eTec was awarded a federal stimulus grant of nearly $100 million from the DOE, and will deploy 4,700 Nissan LEAF EVs for the three-year study. These standards and requirements are used to assess the safety of the overall charging systems and interoperability of its components.

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"Spirit" Due to Link Up with Tucson EVA2 along with Tesla Roadtrip'sters at Bookmans Grand Celebration at Grant & Campell, 9-12:00AM, Sat, 19 Dec 09

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Before going quite quiet for the holidays, the "Spirit of DC" will be linking up with the Tucson Electric Vehicle Association 2 for its normal third Saturday meeting, however, it's at Bookmans for its Grand Charging Station Celebration. Date Destination Miles December 17 Palm Springs 140 December 18 Phoenix 250 December 19 Tucson 121

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"Spirit" Back at Home Sweet Bisbee But With Safford in Graham Cty and Clifford in Greenlee Cty as well as Bookmans in Mind

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Grant Road. The "Spirit" is all charged up, but it's not quite the same for EVJerr, except mentally where it comes to next "Plug-in Arizona" EVentures. Also, definitely in mind is a Tucson return to Bookmans for the Grand Opening of its Charging Station on Saturday morn, 19 December 2009.

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27 November 2009 - In First "Plug-in Arizona" Outing to Nogales, AZ, " the "Spirit" Made the News with Nogales International

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He has driven his 2005 Prius, dubbed “Spirit of DC,” to 48 state capitals and five Canadian provinces, and now he’s launching a “Plug-in Arizona Tour,” he said.Spirit is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). On a recent trip from Bisbee to Phoenix, the Spirit averaged 56 miles per gallon, he said.“ Army in Washington, D.C.,

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