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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley company that makes electric cars, says it has already sold 150 of its $109,000 Roadsters in the Bay Area.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Tesla Motors. Tesla Motor. Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have invested in Tesla. Tesla Motors. General Motors. NEV stands for neighborhood electric vehicle, which can travel at a top speed of 25 mph. Which electric-car developer counts former U.

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