Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2010

delivered some of its first eStar purpose-built all-electric trucks ( earlier post ) to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in Sacramento, California. of West Sacramento. Navistar, Inc. Navistar also announced its first eStar dealer for the California market—Riverview International Trucks, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

From rebates for electric and plug-in vehicles to energy efficiency and solar installations that are reducing home energy costs, more than 125,000 individual projects were completed in 2018. Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

This set of awards supports a diversity of alternative fuel and vehicle types, including biodiesel production, natural gas vehicle technologies and incentives, hybrid and plug-in vehicles, and E85 fueling stations. Because landfills are a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, reducing their size reduces emissions.

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EV Life

APRIL 7, 2023

That’s why it’s no surprise that the high sticker price of many electric vehicles, particularly Tesla models, has long been one of the main deterrents for people looking to buy a new car, truck, or SUV. Tesla’s electric vehicles are by far the most popular EVs in the country. Which brings us to Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Pike projections of cumulative light duty plug-in electric vehicle sales, 10 largest MSAs by population, 2011-2017. Pike Research has earlier forecasted the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market at the national level in the US, globally, and within world regions and key countries. Pacific Gas & Electric (California).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The funding is from California Climate Investments , a statewide program that invests billions of cap-and-trade dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy and improve public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities. School buses: 29 electric school buses.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

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. Sacramento Municipal Util.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The Workplace Charging Challenge aims to expand the availability of workplace charging for American workers——increasing the convenience of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and providing drivers with more options. The National Clean Fleets Partnership is part of the Energy Department's Clean Cities Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

The rules explicitly exclude devices used to charge a motor vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current, and which may include a nonelectrical source of power designed to charge batteries and components.

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EV Life

APRIL 14, 2023

By switching from a gas to an electric vehicle, the average American can reduce their individual carbon footprint by over 25%, helping the U.S. Motor Vehicle Emissions at a Glance: California produces more than 1,000 tons of pollutants and more than 534,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions every day. air pollution in the state.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Albany, N.Y., and Charlotte, N.C.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2012

revealed the all-new Toyota RAV4 EV at the 26 th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS26) in Los Angeles. The battery-electric SUV features a 41.8 The RAV4 EV’s driving performance, dynamics and cargo capacity are equal to or exceed the gas powered RAV4 V6, according to Toyota. Click to enlarge. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

announced at the New York International Auto Show that they are teaming up to implement the Microsoft Hohm energy management application for Ford’s electric vehicles. Ford is the first automaker to announce the planned use of Hohm, starting with the Focus Electric next year. Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Corp. —Ed Pleet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

control over mechanical and electrical properties. University of California at San Diego will receive $95,000 to reduce the cost of biomass power generation by removing tar from the producer gas in the gasifier. of Menlo Park will receive $94,995 to reduce the environmental impacts of the natural gas dehydration process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The state is aggressively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, decrease petroleum fuel use to 15% below 2003 levels by 2020, and increase alternative fuel use to 20% by 2020. Tags: Climate Change Hydrogen Plug-ins Policy. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

After a while driving electric became it’s own reward. Many became very interested after Bill showed up in his LEAF and told them the hundreds he had been spending on gas paid the lease on his cool new ride -- and then some. But now they are back on the fence, holding off on getting a plug-in car. That’s really too bad.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

These 32 demonstration projects, which include large-scale energy storage, smart meters, distribution and transmission system monitoring devices, plug-in vehicles, and a range of other smart technologies, will act as models for deploying integrated Smart Grid systems on a broader scale. The funding awards are divided into two topic areas.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. And I was there representing Plug In America. If you’ve seen the film Who Killed the Electric Car?,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s next step towards a mass-produced electric vehicle. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The goal of the revised ZEV program should be to help demonstration-stage, low-GHG emitting technologies to commercialization, include fuel cell vehicles (FCVs); battery-electric vehicles (BEVs); and Enhanced AT PZEVs, which currently include plug-in HEVs (PHEV) and hydrogen internal combustion engine (HICE) vehicles.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Technology was on duty miles downwind, where, as the battle against these fires went on for days, even weeks, many residents of the Bay Area and Sacramento River Delta region turned to air-quality sensor networks, particularly AirNow , maintained by the U.S. Sensors that mount on buildings can just plug into a wall outlet.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Roger Duncan gives Campaign Update The Plug-In Partners National Campaign has now been underway for six months. We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA.,

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

Going bi adds several nifty new benefits to driving electric. It turns an EV into a mobile battery that can be used to provide backup power to a home or business, and to provide services to the electrical grid, generating revenue for the vehicle owner and potentially offsetting a significant part of the purchase price of the vehicle.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

A board meeting is scheduled for December 9-10 in Sacramento with the objective to receive feedback on staff’s preliminary assessment and to provide the board with views on how a revised zero emission vehicle programme could complement the revisions to the low emission vehicle programme that is expected to be proposed late next summer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), along with several auto manufacturers, utilities, and regional transmission organizations, will demonstrate the Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software system, developed by EPRI and Sumitomo Electric Industries. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report detailing the findings from six utilities which evaluated operations and customer charging behaviors for in-home and public electric vehicle charging stations. Madison Gas and Electric (MGE). Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). Duke Energy (Duke).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. This creates demand for more electrical generation. Earlier post.) AB 32 requires the Scoping Plan to be updated every five years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The program funds projects to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, including electricity, natural gas, biomethane, hydrogen, and gasoline and diesel substitutes, such as cellulosic ethanol (derived from woody materials, including agricultural waste), and biodiesel from waste grease.

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EV Life

MARCH 7, 2023

GM has been one of the pioneers of electric vehicles, introducing the General Motors EV1 back in 1996 and the groundbreaking Chevy Volt in 2010. 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.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $5,580,773 for clean-energy transportation projects including biodiesel production, power control electronics for medium-and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles, and buydowns for propane vehicles. Motiv Power Systems, Inc. Tour Engine, Inc. , C/e Solutions, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2016

The South Coast air district is teaming up with air districts in the Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego and San Joaquin Valley to make the project a statewide demonstration of 43 zero-emission battery electric and plug-in hybrid drayage trucks built by the four manufacturers serving major California ports.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public hearing on 15 November in Sacramento to consider adopting amendments to the Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV III) greenhouse gas emissions standards, and additional minor revisions to the LEV III criteria pollutant and Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulations, approved by the.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

O’Brien was speaking at the California Air Resources Board’s ZEV Technology Symposium in Sacramento, California. We are convinced that to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles anywhere near the overall target of 80%.we The higher energy density of lithium batteries will be required for EVs and plug-in hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are expected to play an important role in reducing California''s greenhouse gas emissions, and in advancing the Governor''s Zero Emission Vehicles Action Plan goals of establishing enough infrastructure to support 1 million ZEV vehicles by 2020, with a goal of having 1.5

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

I participated in the Governor''s Office Conference Coast-to-Coast Workshop on E-Mobility in Sacramento sponsored by the governments of California and the Netherlands on Wednesday. For the past decade I''ve been driving the 91 miles to Sacramento without stopping to charge in a 2002 RAV4 EV. What lessons are we to learn?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved funding of $341,045 to help increase the state’s plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Three of the awards are for projects that include installation of Level 2 electric vehicle charging infrastructure. million ZEVs on California roadways by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $17,223,593 for eight projects including alternative fuel production, plug-in truck demonstrations, EV charging station deployment, and infrastructure planning. will receive $2,150,000 for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment. CALSTART, Inc.

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