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Study shows recent increase in US households without a vehicle

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The second analysis studied the variations in this proportion among the 30 largest US cities for 2007 (the year with the lowest overall proportion) and 2012 (the latest available year). in 2007 (the year with the lowest recent proportion). The 13 cities with the largest proportions all showed an increase from 2007 to 2012.

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Coulomb Technologies Secures $14M in Series B Funding

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Since 2007, Coulomb has been introducing networked charging stations for EVs since 2007. From the first installation of ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations in San Jose, Calif., Siemens Venture Capital GmbH and Hartford Ventures, a strategic investment division of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

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TTI/INRIX study shows US traffic congestion back at pre-recession levels; average travel delay/commuter 2x that in 1982

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tops the list of gridlock-plagued cities, with 82 hours of delay per commuter, followed by Los Angeles (80 hours), San Francisco (78 hours), New York (74 hours), and San Jose (67 hours). last year, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Houston and Riverside, CA. Washington, D.C.

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Frito-Lay boosts electric fleet; 275 electric trucks by the end of 2012

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The new all-electric trucks will operate from distribution centers located throughout California: Alameda, City of Industry, La Mirada, Manteca, San Diego, San Jose and Torrance. In the US, Frito-Lay hopes to reduce its total fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 50 pe%ent by 2020, compared to a 2007 baseline.

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Aeromexico flying commercial route with 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel

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Aeromexico is using a 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel, produced from camelina using process technology from Honeywell’s UOP, on flights on its Mexico City to San Jose, Costa Rica route, marking one of the first uses of renewable fuels in everyday airplane passenger service.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams joined IBM in San Jose, Calif., He was an active member of the IEEE Magnetics Society and received its 2007 Johnson Storage Device Technology Award. He had earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech. Mason Lamar Williams III. Codeveloper of the Williams-Comstock formula.

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California Energy Commission Approves $800K in four regional grants to prepare for electric vehicles

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Cities taking part include San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley, along with Marin County. Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) created the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. 200,000 to the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.

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