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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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Electric Bus Service – UC Davis to Sacramento: Electrify America will enhance bus service between UC Davis and Sacramento with 12 new electric buses that will run from the main campus to the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento. The bus service is expected to add more than 400,000 bus rides in the first year of operation.

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First EVs in new car-sharing program with Envoy to roll out in Sacramento; 142 e-Golfs by early 2019; Sac-to-Zero

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The Sac-to-Zero initiative is a coordinated effort between Electrify America, the City of Sacramento and strategic e-transportation collaborators that include Envoy, GIG Car Share, Sacramento Regional Transit, Yolo County Transportation District, Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation and UC Davis.

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California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

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University of California, Davis was awarded $900,000 to investigate emissions and leakages within California’s natural gas infrastructure.

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Two US EV Charging Station Firsts

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Teslas, RAV4 EVs, Ford Rangers, Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, even EV conversions can be charged at the six-port station, in the parking lot of the new Woodland Gateway Shopping Center. A public station with charging ports for more types of Electric Vehicles (EVs) than anything before it opened Saturday in Woodland, CA near Sacramento.

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EDI partners with Greenkraft for parallel-series multi-mode Class-4 CNG-PHEV truck; CEC funding

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EDI was co-founded by Professor Andy Frank from UC Davis—a key figure in the development of the PHEV concept and technology—in 2006. The effort combines EDI’s intelligent multi-mode PHEV powertrain (EDI-Drive) with Greenkraft’s CNG-powered 14,500-pound, Class-4 medium-duty truck, which is equipped with a 6.0L

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

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million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood. UC Davis professor Andy Frank, the so-called father of the plug-in, has formed a company, called Efficient Drivetrains Inc., If those trucks are put into use 300 working days a year, that’s 87.5

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More charging access on the way?

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It would be a mistake to believe the answer is simply the wide deployment of public charging stations scattered like gas stations along corridors and neighborhoods. This University of California, Davis study is one among that shows, 86% of electric car owners rely on home charging.