Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2015

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). Drivers on America’s Top 10 worst roads waste on average 84 hours or 3.5 Washington, D.C. Source: TTI, INRIX. Click to enlarge.

San Jose 150

San Jose Los Angeles San Francisco Houston 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis. In 2015, NextEra, the leading American energy producer and distributor of clean energy, signed the largest contract in automotive history for the delivery of 20 MWh of Battery 2nd Life automotive batteries.

Energy Storage 210

Energy Storage BMW Energy Battery 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The 2015 index finds that while no utopian city exists, city leaders are managing a complex balancing act of generating strong financial returns and maintaining an attractive place for people to live and work while limiting damage to the environment. Frankfurt also leads the Profit ranking, along with London and Hong Kong.

Transportation 150

Transportation Los Angeles New York London 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

505,381 to San Francisco-based Mission Motor Company to help it bring its prototype electric vehicle components to commercial production. San Jose may also be able to sell excess heat and electricity created by the project. . The goal is to ramp up production to 2,500 trucks by 2020, creating 1,500 high-paying jobs.

Gas-Electric 236

Gas-Electric San Jose Gas California 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

Alameda County Industries, LLC, will receive $300,000 to partially offset the cost of a new compressed natural gas fueling station to serve its fleet. Waste Management of California, Inc., will receive $300,000 to construct a compressed natural gas fueling station in Oceanside (San Diego County). Garden City Sanitation, Inc.,

Alternative Fuels 170

Alternative Fuels Los Angeles Hydrogen Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop. The electrical system has perhaps 85% excess capacity most of the year which means we are wasting money in excess electric generation and distribution infrastructure and resources.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. To deal with this major special waste problem has to my knowledge never ever been brought to the attention of the readers of any paper around the world. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58