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Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

Green Car Congress

The LA New Mobility Challenge 2018 is a joint initiative of LA CoMotion, the NewCities Foundation and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), all of whom are dedicated to finding cutting-edge and sustainable mobility technologies for Southern California. The deadline to submit applications is 17 September 2018.

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Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years

Clean Fleet Report

I was at the end of a 3-year lease and a 6-month extension on my 2018 Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid. The Tesla adapter is a must in my neighborhood. More Volt Stories from the Archives: Personal: Chevrolet Volt & Accell Charger. New Lectron Charger Adds To Versatility. This post may contain affiliate links.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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With 75% of the fleet expected to serve low-income and disadvantaged communities, Envoy provides equitable transportation for drivers running personal errands, as well those looking to participate in the gig economy and generate income that is 30% higher than the minimum wage. EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

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Chacarita Is Buenos Aires’s Quirkiest Neighborhood. Get There Soon.

Baua Electric

To become a city’s coolest new neighborhood, there are certain prerequisites: a crop of cafes that toe the line between cozy and snobbish, chefs combining the innovative with the Instagrammable, and shops so sincere that they are doomed to close when rents rise, which they inevitably will. But then it must also have quirks.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For her car sharing had subcategories of: Car sharing is expanding our mobility Roundtrip One-Way Personal Vehicle Sharing (which can include fractional ownership models) Then there’s scooter sharing and bike sharing (also with subcategories of public, closed campus and peer-to-peer [P2P]).

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

We like to do in person meetings when we can actually visit something,” he continued, describing chapter trips to battery manufacturing plants, wind farms, and the solar array at the U.S. In 2015, the two fastest cars were both electric, and in 2018, EVs completely dominated the race. Air Force Academy.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

If batteries are not surviving the life of the vehicle, I personally find that an obscene position to be in as we drive forward with our environmentally-focused revolution. Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018. Have you upgraded your system since then?