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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

Green Car Congress

The trucks will be tested in various locations, including Google in the Bay Area, the City of Santa Monica and the Port of Los Angeles. The Energy Commission is also awarding $1,074,000 in buy-down incentives for 46 alternative-fuel vehicles. The newly approved buy-down incentives go to the following companies: TEC of California Inc.

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Who knew?

Plugs and Cars

And one on Google's map. There's a carpark at touristy Beach and Hyde ; the Park 55 Hotel downtown; and the Expresso long term parking near the Oakland Airport that could run $15/day for the valet service. Nor on The EV Project/Ecotality's m ap. Good for them.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

They have what certainly was at the time, and probably still is, the world’s only production electric aircraft, meaning you could buy one. We do that both municipalities and the federal and state governments, but also for corporations like Google, Johnson and Johnson and many others. So that’s fleet. This is not theory.

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