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My Tesla arrives in Los Angeles!

Revenge of the Electric Car

My brand new silver all-electric Tesla Roadster sportscar (#23) arrived by truck in Los Angeles yesterday. Shrouded in plastic and tucked into the back of a semi with three other Tesla’s, it waited to be rolled onto the streets of Los Angeles. It’s alive! But this week takes me right back to car heaven.

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Event: “Building an Electric Future” at the Petersen

Clean Fleet Report

To provide not only a look back, but a look into the future, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles currently has an exhibit called “Building An Electric Future: The Technology Of Today For The Vehicles Of Tomorrow.” 1996 General Motors EV1. Los Angeles, CA 90036. Detroit Electric. Detroit Electric.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. Mr. Holden demanded the EV1’s immediate re-introduction before, or in exchange for, any Government bailout of GM. Los Angeles City Council, ret.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis. But I needed to see and feel the car for myself.

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Tom Hanks, The New Yorker — and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

However, by the time I began shopping for an all-electric car, in 2003, the EV1 had already been yanked from showrooms as if the car had never existed. Tom Hanks Los Angeles, Calif. A letter in response to Peter J. Boyer’s article (April 27, 2009). MAY 18, 2009.

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Tom Hanks on his electric car

Plugs and Cars

However, by the time I began shopping for an all-electric car, in 2003, the EV1 had already been yanked from showrooms as if the car had never existed. Tom Hanks Los Angeles, Calif. RE: THE ROAD AHEAD A letter in response to Peter J. Boyer’s article (April 27, 2009) MAY 18, 2009 Peter J. Source: The New Yorker.