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Better Place bringing switchable battery electric taxi program to the San Francisco Bay Area

Green Car Congress

Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose.

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Electrify America announces $200M additional investment for ZEV infrastructure and education in California

Green Car Congress

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. San Diego-Carlsbad. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. Existing metro area investments to be expanded are: Fresno. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. Here's part of the story from CNET : Google.org is investing $2.75

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

Green Car Congress

In June, Plug In Carolina selected AeroVironment to supply, install and support a network of public electric vehicle stations in seven South Carolina cities. Eaton’s quick charger can recharge the iMiEV to 80% of battery capacity in 25 minutes. Plug-ins such as the Volt and LEAF will be able to use the Evatran system with an adapter.

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CARB approves Electrify America’s second $200M investment in California

Green Car Congress

San Diego-Carlsbad. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. Highways & Regional Routes: The new Cycle 2 investments will continue to build out a highway network of DCFC stations featuring charging power up to 350 kilowatts which can recharge a vehicle at up to 20 miles of range per minute.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

At least GM sent this nifty printed banner explaining all about the new J1772 industry standard recharging plug. They even had a real plug connected to their toy car on the exhibit hall. Fortunately there are companies at the Plug-In Conference who exceed expectations and one of them is Coulomb out of Campbell, California.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

Setec Powerr

What if you do accidentally run out of battery while you’re out and about and can’t find a place to recharge it? The startup’s service is currently available in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Los Angeles and Dallas. There are two basic types of plug-in chargers in the U.S. —