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

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Members of REVI will include San Diego County; the Cities of Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, Escondido, San Diego, and Solana Beach; and three regional public agencies including the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the San Diego Air Pollution Control District, and the San Diego Unified Port District.

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California ARB to hold community meetings on coming LEV III combined tailpipe and GHG regulations

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Combining the control of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions into a single coordinated package of standards is a new approach to ARB’s motor vehicle standards. The community meetings are currently scheduled for Fresno (12 July); Pacoima (19 July); and Oakland (26 July). 19 July 2011. Earlier post.) 3 May 2010.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Americas big gas guzzlers and polluters are not the cars that about half the country drives around. Meanwhile, the Chinese government announced earlier this month that it has adopted a plan to make its country the leading producer of hybrid and all-electric vehicles by 2011, with a goal of producing 500,000 vehicles annually by then.

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