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Air Force tests all plug-in vehicle fleet in California; part of large DoD V2G project

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A fleet of plug-in electric vehicles sits ready to roll at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California. (US The Air Force unveiled the Department of Defense’s first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of plug-in electric vehicles at Los Angeles Air Force Base today. Click to enlarge.

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LA Auto Show Wrapup: Five New Plug-In Electric Cars (Video)

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For our final piece on last week's Los Angeles Auto Show, we put together a video on the five new plug-in electric cars officially unveiled there. The 2014.

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

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based in Valencia (Los Angeles County), will administer the project, and ZeroTruck of Laguna Niguel (Orange County) will build up to 14 trucks for the project. 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. Electricore Inc.,

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

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a start-up in Los Angeles, have begun shipping portable plug-and-play, cabinet-based holoportal systems the size of a telephone booth. It was as if Haba was standing in the booth as the two conversed. Now, sans the glasses, two venture-backed companies are impressing viewers with ostensibly similar technologies.

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Mazda to offer electric car in 2019, maybe with range extender?

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That's the gist of numerous of conversations between journalists and Mazda executives at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show. Mazda may become the next automaker to commit to building an electric car, possibly one with a range-extending gasoline engine.

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California Energy Commission awards nearly $9M to 3 projects to support local manufacturing of heavy-duty electric vehicles, PHEVs

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The project will provide a high-tech manufacturing plant in the heart of the Los Angeles region, the largest bus market in the United States. In March, Efficient Drivetrains announced the availability of a Class 3 utility truck based upon its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) drivetrain that reduces emissions and fuel use by up to 80%.

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CODA acquires EnergyCS

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EnergyCS had earlier developed one of the first commercial plug-in hybrid conversion kits for the Prius. CODA had worked with EnergyCS on the development of the CODA Sedan, earlier post. Earlier post.).