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California Energy Commission awards nearly $5M to encourage natural gas-powered buses and trucks

Green Car Congress

To make the Energy Commission’s buy-down program as efficient and simple as possible, the incentive reservations are awarded in blocks to vehicle manufacturers or their designated dealers. The natural gas-powered vans will be in the 14,001 to 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight range. Capacity of Texas, Inc. West Coast Bus Sales, Inc.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $2.5M for clean transportation projects

Green Car Congress

In addition, buy-down incentives totaling $1,094,000 were awarded for alternative-fuel vehicles. The buy-down incentives approved today go to the following companies: Galpin Ford, in North Hills (Los Angeles County), will receive a total of $86,000. Vehicles in this weight range are typically light- or medium-duty trucks or vans.

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

Green Car Congress

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. Users of New Leaf fuel include the US Navy, and the cities of San Diego, Oceanside and Chula Vista. Villa Ford Inc.

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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

This one is at the U-Pull-&-Pay in Colorado Springs , which is about an hour's drive from my pad but is still one of my favorite Front Range yards to visit. Just be sure to test them in the junkyard before you buy, because many don't work. 2008 Mercury Sable in Colorado junkyard. 2008 Mercury Sable in Colorado junkyard.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

We thank our partners for your wide range of support in this important endeavor and are grateful for everyone’s efforts and dedication in making this campaign an overwhelming success to this point. Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA., Irvine, CA.,

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

Charged EVs

Charged recently spoke with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley, who has been with the company since 2010, about the surprisingly wide range of benefits of the company’s EV ARC and Solar Tree systems. They have what certainly was at the time, and probably still is, the world’s only production electric aircraft, meaning you could buy one.

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