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A collaboration including the city of SanDiego (CA), SanDiegoGas & Electric (SDG&E), GE, UC SanDiego and CleanTECH SanDiego launched Smart City SanDiego to develop and implement local initiatives that will improve the SanDiego region’s energy independence, empower consumers, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and drive economic growth.
Smart City SanDiego and City of SanDiego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City SanDiego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the SanDiego Zoo parking lot.
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Terex Utilities introduced the industry’s first all-electric bucket truck at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (EUFMC) in Williamsburg, Va. Their feedback will help ensure the trucks become a dependable, preferred work truck, and help Xcel Energy and the industry better prepare for the electric vehicle transition.
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One will fund clean energy research that benefits electricity ratepayers. Another is an annual clean transportation investment plan that is designed to spark innovation in projects that will help transform California’s fleet to meet greenhouse gas and clean air goals. Southern California Edison and SanDiegoGas & Electric Co.
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SanDiegoGas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SanDiego is one of the regions covered in the $99.8-million Dollars saved versus current gas prices. Earlier post.).
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Ricardo will be working with Electricore, which recently received a $750,000 award from the California Energy Commission to perform a comprehensive survey of the commercial plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) marketplace and to propose value-based design options for standardization of battery systems. Earlier post.).
the developer of a novel liquefied gas electrolyte. South 8 is the first company to develop liquefied gas electrolyte technology as a safer, higher performance alternative to standard liquid electrolytes. Originally developed via research at University of California, SanDiego by cofounders CEO Cyrus Rustomji, Ph.D.,
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