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Hyundai begins supplies of hydrogen trucks to Port of California | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The California Port Green Truck Adoption Project is a port decarbonization project in North America hosted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC). Freight, a trucking company under Glovis America, in the second half of last year.

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Nielsen global survey finds concerns about climate change slipping behind concerns over other environmental issues; air and water pollution top worries, pesticide use #3

Green Car Congress

Three out of four global consumers rated air pollution (77%) and water pollution (75%) as top concerns, both increasing six percentage points compared to 2009. —Arturo García, President, Nielsen Latin America. Click to enlarge. Climate change/global warming concerns falling in US, uneven in China, and rising in India.

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EV battery swap company Better Place files for liquidation

Green Car Congress

Better Place, a high-profile developer and proponent of a battery switch model for electric vehicles ( earlier post ), filed a motion with the Lod District Court in Israel to ask for the dissolution of the company and the appointment of a temporary liquidator. Israel was the first place in which an electrical car could travel without limit.

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September '06 - Tesla Roadster Unveiled, Electric Cars NOT DEAD YET!

Plugs and Cars

The result has been not only greater visibility for our cause but also increased membership for both the EAA and Plug In America. The war between Israel and Hizbollah has brought massive petroleum spills to Beirut’s beaches as a result of the bombing of an oil-burning electricity generation plant.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Each of the aforementioned “primary energy sources&# generates carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases plus other pollutants coming from the contaminants or byproducts of using these “primary energy sources&#.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. In addition to Smart Grid City, another major EV/V2G initiative is unfolding.

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