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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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charging infrastructure incentives, preferential charging rates), and public charging availability. Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place. The assessment includes promotion actions by state policy (e.g., Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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& The first Guidestar test models in late 1994 were implemented in the San Jose, California area, distributed once again through Avis rental outlets. & Guidestar testing ramped up in a second location, Florida, after San Jose testing received positive reviews. It was available on all three models for 1996.

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Tesla-Hertz partnership expands to sixteen new cities

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Initially, Hertz made its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles available in Atlanta, GA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Orlando, FL, San Francisco, CA, and Washington D.C. Now, sixteen new cities are being added to the company’s locations that have Teslas available for rent : Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Navigant forecasts annual plug-in electric vehicle sales in N America to exceed 1.1M by 2024

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Navigant expects that annual sales in Canada—which is about 1 year behind the US in terms of vehicle availability—will reach more than 74,000 PEVs in the conservative scenario and more than 91,000 in the aggressive by 2024. Navigant Research estimates this market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of between 14.7%

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. The entire PHEV environmental assessment is available on the EPRI website. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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The Institute will focus on solving the cross-cutting manufacturing challenges that stand in the way of producing new synthetic tissues and organs—such as improving the availability, reproducibility, accessibility, and standardization of manufacturing materials, technologies, and processes to create tissue and organ products.