EV Life

MARCH 7, 2023

GM has been one of the pioneers of electric vehicles, introducing the General Motors EV1 back in 1996 and the groundbreaking Chevy Volt in 2010. Qualified California residents of disadvantaged communities (DACs) can receive grants of up to $5,000 in buy-down assistance and special financing, plus a free vehicle charger and installation.

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Tax Credit Tax Financing Purchase 52

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We chatted while he finished charging his LEAF at the recently installed Quick Charger at the new Market Street Whole Foods in San Francisco. But now they are back on the fence, holding off on getting a plug-in car. For six months Bill was allowed to plug in at the station house, and his LEAF became very “cash positive.”

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San Francisco Cheap Plug-in Plug 147

Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

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. We’re excited to be part of this program, because it gets both public and private infrastructure installed in key areas of the U.S.,” A $2,000 value!).

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San Jose San Francisco Los Angeles New York City 127

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Grant Lithium Ion Obama St. Louis 317

EV Adoption

JUNE 12, 2022

Thigpen at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and published in The Journal of Transport and Land Use (Note: study PDF will automatically download) estimated that 37% of the households in the Sacramento, CA market they studied do not use their garage for parking cars. But an estimated 75.5% His solution. Image Source: FLO video.

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Charging Store Los Angeles DC 59

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

million to install three hydrogen fueling stations in the cities of Mountain View and Cupertino (both in Santa Clara County), and Foster City (San Mateo County). 300,000 to install and assess the performance of a smart-grid enabled fast-charging electric vehicle charging network. Linde, LLC, will receive $4.5 Hydrogen Frontier, Inc.,

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Alternative Fuels Los Angeles Hydrogen Fuel 170

Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

With the coming solar feed-in tariff legislation moving through Sacramento that will pay us for the extra solar energy we produce and feed back into the grid. First of all he’s already gone where I want to go by installing solar, back in 2007. Or waiting for do-nothing local governments to do the right thing.

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Solar Energy Power Powered 170