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BMW launches ParkNow mobile parking service; more details on DriveNow electric car-sharing service

Green Car Congress

Stations are located around the city, close to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), Muni (San Francisco Municipal Railway) and bike-sharing stations, as well as at San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport and in Palo Alto.

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New California program to make clean cars affordable for lower-income residents

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board announced a new statewide grant and loan program to help lower-income consumers across California get into the cleanest new and used cars on the market. The Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, run by the Oakland-based nonprofit Beneficial State Foundation, was launched with a $5-million CARB grant.

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Lawsuit claiming racism at Tesla attracts virtually 240 unlit staff pronouncing ‘me too’

Baua Electric

is transferring so as to add loads of alternative staff to his 2017 lawsuit by which he known as the electric-car maker’s manufacturing ground a “hotbed for racist behavior.” A Cloudy former meeting form staffer at Tesla Inc. A jury in San Francisco awarded a person colleague $3.2

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Electric-Car Dealerships Struggle, But Why Such Surprise?

Green Car Reports

A recent article in the Oakland Tribune highlights the high failure rate of independent car dealerships selling only electric vehicles. Frankly, we're not at all surprised.

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Stan Ovshinsky’s New Project

Revenge of the Electric Car

Stan Ovshinsky — one of the stars of ‘Who Killed the Electric Car ?’ In another bit of coincidence, Stempel headed GM’s EV1 electric car program in the early 1990s. They have a small staff and are testing the product in Oakland County. by Carol Cain.

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It's Got a Name: Chevrolet "Volt" Plug-in Hybrid

Plugs and Cars

Judging from the discussion last night at a Sierra Club-sponsored viewing of Who Killed the Electric Car? in Oakland, CA, the Volt might actually be a GM car people would buy.

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: After being sucker-punched first by the recession and then by the closure earlier this year of the NUMMI plant with its nearly 5,000 auto-worker jobs, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city is suddenly coming to — buoyed by last week’s news that electric-car maker Tesla will jump-start NUMMI. Advertisement.

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