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Navistar Officially Unveils eStar, Its First Purpose-Built All-Electric Commercial Truck

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The company is currently taking orders for the eStar and intends to deliver 400 units by the end of 2010. million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. FedEx will evaluate the performance of the eStar vehicle in its fleet as it operates in the Los Angeles area. Navistar, Inc. and Modec Limited of the UK.

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ECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select US Best Buy Stores

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Los Angeles, Calif.; Separately, ECOtality said that it will unveil its commercial DC Fast Charging station at the upcoming Business of Plugging In 2010 conference. The project is funded by the US Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant of $114.8 ECOtality, Inc. Phoenix, Ariz.; San Diego, Calif.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

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The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. June 3, 2010, 7:30 am. A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A A $2,000 value!).

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. Tokyo-based Honda plansstarting producing the vehicles in late 2010. “We

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

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Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it? Perhaps one of my many readers who work for the City of Torrance or the County of Los Angeles wants to pick that torch up and run with it. Oh yeah - none of has any money. And our homes are worth less now and nobody wants to lend us any more.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

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February 15, 2010. We are trying to be proactive about how to make sure that the transformers that serve these homes and neighborhoods are robust enough,” said Doug Kim, an executive at Southern California Edison, which serves Los Angeles. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. And thats not even the half of it, can anyone say …GODZILLA ,,,its GODZILLA!

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