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Missed Charge Station Opportunity in San Francisco

Plugs and Cars

Some of those units are being paid for by a California Energy Commission grant to upgrade existing Avcon charging stations across California. Seventeen Avcons eligible for replacement are located at San Francisco city-owned parking lots. The CEC grant is restricted to the replacement of legacy units.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A 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. A $2,000 value!).

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

&# — are starting to ask themselves: With Tesla coming to town, joining burgeoning solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra and other alternative-energy firms, could Fremont become a cleantech incubator, just as South San Francisco has adopted the mantle of the “Birthplace of Biotechnology&# ?

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Sodium batteries from Michigan to challenge lithium’s grip – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Natron Energy Inc. Natron’s facility in Holland, Michigan, is funded in part by a nearly USD 20 million federal grant. That makes it one of a wave of new US battery plants to receive backing from the Biden administration as it tries to create a domestic supply chain for key clean energy technologies. and Amazon.com Inc.,

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