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Manhattan Beach, The South Bay’s Greenest City

Creative Greenius

I’m a huge fan of their 2007 publication, “ Working Toward A Greater, Greener Manhattan Beach &# and I’ve been learning a great deal from their city’s presentations at the South Bay Green Task Force meetings I attend. Both the City Police and Fire chiefs are now driving city owned alternative fuel vehicles.

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Bush Budget: Plug-ins Hybrids, Not So Much

Plugs and Cars

The Detroit News has the alternative fuel breakdown in the president's budget request, and it isn't pretty. Increases for hydrogen fuel cell research from $289 million in FY 2007 to $309 million in FY 2008. Plug-in hybrids and electric cars built with the best possible, most economic, available-now technology.

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From EV Range Anxiety to Range Confidence

Blink Charging

Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center , the U.S. These stations will be strategically positioned no more than 50 miles apart along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors and within one mile of a freeway exit or highway roadway. According to the U.S. But what about if you run out of power while driving an EV?

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