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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

Green Car Congress

Electrify America and the City of Sacramento announced new projects that will increase access to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in the Sacramento region, expand ZEV technology use, and prepare the City for future electric vehicle adoption. mile “Home Zone.” EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

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Your AB 920 Greenius Update & A Call For Three Times The Sun!

Creative Greenius

But don’t just listen to me, here’s what Dan has to say about it: Hi Creative Greenius, There is important legislation right now before lawmakers in Sacramento to triple the amount of clean energy we produce as a state , taking us from generating 11% of energy from renewable sources to 33% clean energy. Thanks, Brian Hurd.

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CARB approves ICT regulation; 100% zero-emission bus fleets by 2040; ZEB tech symposium in Feb 2019

Green Car Congress

And their fleets run out of central depots where charging infrastructure can be installed and conveniently accessed. Their buses drive in stop-and-go traffic where conventional internal combustion engines waste fuel while idling.

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Why One LEAF-Driving Cop Can't Drive Straight Home After Work Anymore

Plugs and Cars

We chatted while he finished charging his LEAF at the recently installed Quick Charger at the new Market Street Whole Foods in San Francisco. He told me about city programs to install EV infrastructure and said the Police Department is competing to get an allocation of 240-volt charging stations (EVspeak: Level 2 EVSE).

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

Premium Power Distributed Energy Storage System Demonstration for National Grid and Sacramento Municipal Utility District. 44 Tech Inc. (PA). This project will install 20 CES units, 25kW/2hr each, into a system that includes a 1 MW storage device integrated into a solar system. 16,080,554. 10,792,045. 10,877,258. 5,851,303.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

The bill is agnostic in terms of how V2X tech is implemented. What did you tell the folks in Sacramento? We are here to bring the right people to provide installation, and in some cases, we are also the intermediary to help them finance those vehicles at an attractive cost.

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