Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

billion in federal stimulus funding for engineering, design and construction on the state’s high-speed train system (earlier post) —generating an investment of $9.1 The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board unanimously approved an application for more than $4.5 billion when state matching funds are added.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. Three of the nine communities for the program are in California: Sacramento, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area. “A

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Coulomb Technologies unveiled San Francisco's first ChargePoint America charge stations yesterday in a Priority Parking lot along the Embarcadero. The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

“We are trying to be proactive about how to make sure that the transformers that serve these homes and neighborhoods are robust enough,” said Doug Kim, an executive at Southern California Edison, which serves Los Angeles. Nearby, at Adobe Systems’ headquarters, an executive showed off a dozen charging stations in the parking garage.

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