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California has invested $559M in cap-and-trade funds in ZEVs; state represents more than 40% of US ZEV sales

Green Car Congress

The investments support a wide range of next-generation vehicles, including electric school buses in Sacramento, electric yard trucks in Fontana, hydrogen-powered buses in the Coachella Valley, and a fleet of electric delivery trucks for Goodwill Industries in the Bay Area.

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Some of the Facts : Automakers Comment to CARB

Plugs and Cars

The Large Volume Manufacturers, the automakers with obligations under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Vehicle Program, have made a joint comment about the staff proposed revisions that will be voted on Thursday March 27 in Sacramento. An accompanying chart shows the increases. But the explanation is disingenuous.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. The entire PHEV environmental assessment is available on the EPRI website.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

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). That sound bite was captured by Chris Paine when he made Who Killed the Electric Car? , so I’m in the movie.” Then we disbanded.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. Along with other national leaders in the PHEV movement, including Dr. Andy Frank and Mark Duvall of EPRI , I spoke to the need to fund battery research and demonstration vehicles. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H.,

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Want a Free Chevy Bolt? EV Life Can Help You Use EV Incentives to Save Big

EV Life

California Electric Car Rebates Clean Vehicle Rebate Program: $7,500 California has a variety of programs incentivizing EV purchases that can help consumers purchase a Chevy Bolt EV or EUV. manufacturing that will affect how much of the tax credit they are eligible to receive.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The last time a production model of an electric car had traveled from coast to coast was in 1998, when an EV-1 made the journey without consuming an ounce of gasoline. This effort was led by Georg Kuhnke, who lives near Sacramento, California. This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster!