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GM expands Maven carsharing to Denver, LA and San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, is expanding to the western United States, adding the Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco markets. Pricing in each western market starts at $8 an hour and includes insurance and fuel. Pricing in each western market starts at $8 an hour and includes insurance and fuel.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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The projects, administered by DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) and Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), will accelerate the deployment of medium- and heavy-duty EV charging and refueling infrastructure to reduce emissions from freight corridors and the depots, ports, and other facilities those corridors service.

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California EV adoption driving steady decline in emissions: study

Teslarati

percent yearly decrease on average, according to the study’s Lead Researcher and Professor, Executive Associate Dean at Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science and Society, Ronald Cohen in a report from the San Francisco Chronicle. “If The data shows a gradual decline in carbon dioxide emissions, representing a 1.8-percent

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). The Top 15 LEAF markets nationally, rank-ordered (Nissan does not specify sales data down to the DMA level, but does suggest reasons for the sales performance): San Francisco.

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Plugstar continues expansion with Doordash, Kia, and Wells Fargo

Plug in America

Plug In America’s PlugStar electric vehicle dealer training program has greatly expanded in recent weeks with new exciting new programs in partnership with DoorDash, Kia, and Wells Fargo. In the San Francisco Bay Area, PlugStar is partnering with DoorDash to drive and scale up the adoption of EVs among delivery drivers.

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Ford Focus Electric in California qualifies for $10K in tax credits, HOV access

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Traffic congestion continues to worsen in California where, according to the Texas Transportation Institute’s annual Urban Mobility Report, Los Angeles and the San Francisco-Oakland metropolitan area rank No. In Los Angeles alone, this congestion contributed to a total of 38 million gallons of wasted fuel over the course of a year.

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Electric-Car Deliveries? Mercedes-Benz Says, Hey, Fuel Cells Too!

Green Car Reports

Nissan delivered its first Leaf in San Francisco Saturday (and three more in San Diego, Portland, and Southern California this week), and not to be left out, Chevy delivered a Volt this morning in New Jersey. It's the week of green-car delivery publicity. Indeed, yesterday, the.