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Electric taxis heading to San Francisco

Green Cars News

An electric taxi programme will be launched in San Francisco and San Jose after Better Place committed to bringing its switchable battery station to the Bay Area. This means that [.].

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Growing EV numbers and limited charging points causing workplace tensions in California

Green Cars News

We knew it would be an issue sooner or later, but in the Silicon Valley where electric car uptake is far advanced, the thorny issue of charging etiquette is already rearing its ugly head. According to local newspaper, San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley firms are increasingly finding that electr[.].

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Nissan LEAF drivers racing towards one billion kilometres

Green Cars News

Owners of Nissan’s first fully electric car – the famous LEAF – are fast approaching the one billion kilometres driven mark. To celebrate the landmark figure, Nissan has created a series of animated stories, starting with Roberto San Jose, the first taxi driver in Spain to buy one of the fully ele[.].

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Nissan announces LEAF warranty details

Green Cars News

The world’s first mass produced electric car will come with a warranty lasting eight years and 100,000 miles. His announcement, made at the opening plenary of Plug-in 2010 in San Jose, [.].

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Ford makes electric vehicle predictions

Green Cars News

According to the company’s director of global electrification Nancy Gioia, speaking at Plug-in 2010 in San Jose, California, Ford expects hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles to [.].

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California backs electric vehicle infrastructure company

Green Cars News

The grant is part of a $12million project in California that includes $5million of federal funding to install the ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles in three metro regions – Los Angeles, San Jose/San [.].

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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.

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