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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Nevertheless, “I took the motorcycle around to show it off,” Steiner said, telling the story of an Earth Day celebration in Indianapolis in 2008 where he met Nick Harless, who had worked with his son Scott to convert a Pontiac Fiero. So I never went through with it.” We still have a long way to go in this state.”

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Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

Here he is singing it solo acoustic in 2008. Especially not when I recognize that I’m a member of the lucky sperm club. Filed under: citizen volunteer , climate change , Community Activists , environment , fossil fuels , Killer Coal , Ocean , renewable energy , sea-level rise , solar power , Sustainability , Yes We Can!

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Nevertheless, “I took the motorcycle around to show it off,” Steiner said, telling the story of an Earth Day celebration in Indianapolis in 2008 where he met Nick Harless, who had worked with his son Scott to convert a Pontiac Fiero. So I never went through with it.” We still have a long way to go in this state.”

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Grand Prize Combustion-Engine Winner at 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Achieves 2,757.1 MPG

Green Car Congress

The student team from Laval University (Quebec, Canada) took the grand prize in the “Prototype” category at the 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas , held 15-18 April at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, with 2,757.1 The UrbanConcept entries included two vehicles powered by combustion engines and one by solar power. Solar Power.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Marc is an advocate for clean energy, drives a Tesla Model S 100D, has solar panels and two Tesla Power Walls. Alan Morgan Current Profession: Director of Business and Market Development (Solar) How will you add value to the EAA Board? He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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Siemens Investing $15M in Israeli Solar Power Company Arava

Green Car Congress

The investment is aimed at constructing the solar fields with a significant proportion of Siemens know-how, delivering technology, e.g. inverter and transformers, ensuring new projects for the group. Overall, Siemens has concluded a framework agreement to build solar plants with a total output of 40 megawatts (MW).

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