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VW to unveil ID. SPACE VIZZION EV wagon at LA show; production version in 2021

Green Car Congress

SPACE VIZZION to the world on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show on 19 November. The materials are consistently made from sustainable raw materials, such as the new AppleSkin, an artificial leather with a proportion of residual matter from apple juice production. Volkswagen will debut the ID. Stylistically, the ID.

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London gets Ford all-electric ambulances to go with its Mustang Mach-E’s

Baua Electric

Ambulance stations, too, come equipped with 56 charging stations to keep their vehicles juiced and ready to roll. London has the largest emergency fleet of EVs in the UK, with 42 electric fast-response cars (the aforementioned Ford Mach-Es) and three electric motorcycles. In total, the fleet has 160 zero-emission vehicles.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon). Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare. The Sprint ER shouldn't be compared to modern hybrids or EVs, though. Just $66 with gas priced at $1.16

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

Green Car Congress

Once the rendered tallow has been converted to renewable diesel, the finished fuel is transported an estimated 7,677 nautical miles by ocean tanker to Los Angeles. After the sugarcane has been crushed, all of the cane juice is sent to sugar production. Neste’s process generates a propane-rich off-gas as a biogenic co-product.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library The engineers at AC Propulsion (ACP) were familiar with the basic precepts of bidirectional EV power. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The big takeaway: If you want a free charge station and are located in a program area (Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Washington DC, Southern Michigan), raise your hand now. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power. Obviously not.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

In today’s environment it’s going to take a Creative Greenius to get that AB 811 program into the hearts and minds of the citizens of Los Angeles County. We need more juice than that to get things done in the Greenius Decade and I know precisely where to get it. Fortunately the Greenius Decade is here and so am I.

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