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California ARB awarding $1.6 million to LA for low-income EV carsharing pilot program

Green Car Congress

The grant will fulfill a key mandate of SB 1275, the Charge Ahead California Initiative, enacted last year to make clean transportation more widely available, particularly in low and moderate-income neighborhoods. Earlier post.). The funding for the project comes from fees collected under the state’s climate change law, AB 32.

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ChargEVC: New Jersey plug-in electric vehicle registration up 79% for MY 2016 vehicles over 2015

Green Car Congress

These statistics include full-scale vehicles with a plug (plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles) and do not include smaller neighborhood electric vehicles, natural gas fueled vehicles, or traditional hybrids (without a plug). Interest in these cars is growing.

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Elon Musk’s sale of Gene Wilder’s Bel-Air home paints a remarkable story

Teslarati

But while he was in the neighborhood one day with his wife, the filmmaker was pleasantly surprised to see the house still standing. Walker-Pearlman knew that he personally could not afford the property’s $9.5 million to finance the home. Tesla CEO Elon Musk owned the home then, and a large party was underway.

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BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in Scoop; carpooling mobile application

Green Car Congress

The Scoop app automatically connects co-workers and neighbors who live in the same neighborhood and travel to the same work area. Scoop partners with major employers, office parks, and local governments to offer employees an affordable and effective transportation solution. —Rob Sadow, CEO of Scoop.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

As soon as we decided to pursue this idea, we were trying to figure out how the finances looked,” says Eronen. Tampere, like many European cities, already has a district heating system that circulates water across entire neighborhoods,” says Eronen. Cost efficiency is the foundation of Polar Night Energy’s value proposition. “As

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Want a Free Chevy Bolt? EV Life Can Help You Use EV Incentives to Save Big

EV Life

Qualified California residents of disadvantaged communities (DACs) can receive grants of up to $5,000 in buy-down assistance and special financing, plus a free vehicle charger and installation. So, what’s the best way to maximize your savings with EV tax credits and rebates? Put your rebates and credits to work. Apply your savings anywhere.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” Yeah, they can afford it. He was a geek. That’s the Rubicon.

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