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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Separately, Evatran just announced that the City of Sacramento has joined its Apollo Trial Program to test wireless charging technology on its own electric vehicles (EVs). Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program.

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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

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Customers that use Neste’s renewable diesel include San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Carlsbad and the county of Sacramento. Companies such as Google and UPS in the United States and DB Schenker and Lassila & Tikanoja in Finland have also decided to reduce their carbon footprint with Neste MY Renewable Diesel.

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

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Under the Transportation Electrification Initiative, which received $400 million under the Recovery Act, companies are developing, deploying and analyzing EVs and EV infrastructure, and educating the public to help accelerate the market adoption of advanced electric-drive vehicles. Sacramento, Calif.; New York, NY; Orlando, Fla.;

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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FracMan / dfnWorks: Translating Geological Fracture Characterizations for Massively Parallel Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulations, $750,000 Golder Associates Inc., Arlington, Texas Environmental Insights Explorer for Buildings, $750,000 Google, Mountian View, Calif. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Redmond, Wash.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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One of the gurus of car sharing, Dr. Susan Shaheen of UC Berkeley, says we are in the age of shared mobility where new modes of alternative transportation services are making great changes. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures. But take a look at the variety of program available.

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BMW to partner with Coulomb Technologies in Boston; Coulomb offering new cloud-based service plans, new dual-port charging stations

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The ActiveE will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011. A fleet of more than 1000 BMW ActiveE vehicles will provide further valuable insights into the everyday use of the vehicle.

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Plug In 2008

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(clip) “This research program will help link a low-carbon generation portfolio and a smart grid, which in turn will facilitate widespread adoption of electricity as an alternative transportation fuel,” Mansoor said. Sacramento Municipal Util. Sacramento Municipal Util. San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison Co.

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