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Ford, General Motors, and BMW help schedule EV charging

Teslarati

Ford, General Motors (GM), and BMW announced earlier this week that they would partner with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to roll out an EV charging scheduling program. If you have news tips, email us at tips@teslarati.com ! The electric grid is undergoing significant change right now.

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Shell closing its California hydrogen refueling stations

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The locations of the closures are at Shell stations scattered throughout Northern California, located in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose and Sacramento. In September, Shell said it had “discontinued its plan to build and operate additional light-duty vehicle fueling stations in California,” in a statement to Hydrogen Insight.

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GM’s driverless Cruise robotaxis are causing headaches for San Francisco motorists

Teslarati

Another Cruise vehicle was sighted stopped in the middle of the road at Sacramento and Mason streets, with its lights flashing and its radio on blast. . Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. One even reportedly blocked a bus lane , stopping just inches away from a Muni bus.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Let’s take a stroll through the new ways to get around, starting with companies that didn’t exist when we first started writing about the subject and now dominate the discussion. as well as 600 universities throughout the country.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

July 22, 2008; The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced today a research and development collaboration with General Motors and 34 top utilities to facilitate integration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles ( PHEVs ) into the grid, a key step in providing the nation’s drivers an alternative to petroleum fuels.

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