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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

. “This is like Christmas in May,&# said Saki Kavouniaris, whose steakhouse and cocktail lounge on Warm Springs Boulevard had seen business slump 30 percent since the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant shut down April 1. Nina Moore, with the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, thinks so.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

Surprising to many, including I suspect Tesla Motors itself, they found that about half the charging of Roadsters at home in the U.S. I am pleased to participate in the EV Project, which came late to the San Francisco Bay Area, and happy to get my tax-payer funded charger and DC Fast port. is at 120V.

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