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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

I think that’s fair since on a good day my 3 ½-year-old Chevrolet Volt has a 61-mile all-electric range, roughly comparable to a used Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500e. Nissan Leaf EV – 4,192. Nissan and Ford are expected to follow shortly. The number of EVs in my neighborhood seems to be growing weekly. Tesla Model S EV – 6,532.

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Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years

Clean Fleet Report

The Tesla adapter is a must in my neighborhood. More Volt Stories from the Archives: Personal: Chevrolet Volt & Accell Charger. Personal: 2016 Chevrolet Volt Replaces Nissan Leaf The post Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.” Another San Diego National Drive Electric Week event was held on the city’s Broadway Pier , and featured the debut of the Nissan Ariya crossover. It was one of just two Nissan Ariyas in North America available for public viewing.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. The smartphone assistants’ scores were 0.3

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.” Another San Diego National Drive Electric Week event was held on the city’s Broadway Pier , and featured the debut of the Nissan Ariya crossover. It was one of just two Nissan Ariyas in North America available for public viewing.

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It’s all about connection

Electric Auto Association

Pierce has been an EV advocate since even before purchasing a Nissan LEAF in 2012. The change that we want to see in the world starts with ourselves and our personal friends and family. In fact, half the folks in our neighborhood are using electric lawn equipment now. One neighbor switched out all of his lawn equipment.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For her car sharing had subcategories of: Car sharing is expanding our mobility Roundtrip One-Way Personal Vehicle Sharing (which can include fractional ownership models) Then there’s scooter sharing and bike sharing (also with subcategories of public, closed campus and peer-to-peer [P2P]).

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