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Electrify America to collaborate with 6 California organizations to boost awareness, adoption of ZEVs in low-income & disadvantaged communities

Green Car Congress

The organizations collaborating with Electrify America on this initiative include Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN), Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE), Chinese Newcomers Service Center (CNSC), Self Help for the Elderly (SHE), Liberty Hill Foundation (LHF) and GRID Alternatives.

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

Green Car Congress

Secretary Chu made the announcement at an event today in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, where he was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Coulomb Technologies founder and Chief Technology Officer Richard Lowenthal. Sacramento, Calif.; New York, NY; Orlando, Fla.; Redmond, Wash.; San Francisco, Calif.;

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EPRI and partners to stage public demo of Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software

Green Car Congress

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), along with several auto manufacturers, utilities, and regional transmission organizations, will demonstrate the Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software system, developed by EPRI and Sumitomo Electric Industries. Earlier post.). Auto manufacturers are American Honda Motor Co.;

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DOE releases report from 6 projects evaluating EV charging impacts on grid and customer charging behaviors

Green Car Congress

The work was done under the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability’s (OE) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG program). Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). Major findings were grouped in three categories: charging behavior; grid impacts; and technology issues. Grid impacts. Charging behaviors.

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October '06 - CARB Takes Testimony on Electrics; LA Takes Action on RAV4 EVs

Plugs and Cars

Evidence for Electrics Piles Up at ZEVTech Plug In America and the Electric Auto Association were well represented and well received at the California Air Resources Board Zero Emission Vehicle Technical Review in Sacramento. Lithium batteries and the possibilities of Vehicle-to-Grid technology provided the real buzz at ZEVTech.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Founding EVA chapter connects with entrepreneurial stars. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. An early advocate for green energy, he drove the car to Sacramento in 2003, stopping in Davis, California to charge overnight before testifying before the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

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Ted Lieu Wants My Money, Wants My Vote, But Doesn’t Want To Talk About AB 920

Creative Greenius

Ted didn’t leave Torrance any significantly better than he found it before his stint on the city council, but he ran to become my state Assemblyman anyway and got elected to serve in Sacramento. So our need to rapidly drive the adoption of rooftop solar that is already connected to the existing grid is obvious and urgent.

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