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Enterprise Rent-a-Car to offer Chevrolet Volt

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be the first to offer Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles (EVs) for daily and weekly rentals later this month. The Volt vehicles will be available at the Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, Calif., along with a new charging station.

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Profiling purchases of clean vehicles in California by rebates; PHEVs surge

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As an example, the Chevy Volt was not eligible for the CVRP until February 2012. Approximately 2,300 Chevy Volts were sold in California before the Volt became eligible for the CVRP and, therefore, these vehicles are not reflected in the CVRP database. Of those, ZEVs account for 7,404 (52%) and PHEVs for 6,542 (46%).

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New interactive map tracks plug-in vehicle adoption in California

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of all new cars purchased or leased in the state. Also, although the Chevy Volt was commercially available in California as of Dec. Also, although the Chevy Volt was commercially available in California as of Dec. Some 2,300 Volts were sold in California prior to Feb. 2010, it was not eligible for CVRP until Feb.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Level 2 Home EV Charging StationĀ 

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Virtually all electric vehicle (EV) buyers will receive a Level 1 home charging cable with the purchase of their vehicle (although some car companies have stopped including them with the purchase of a new vehicle unless drivers opt to spend extra). . Be a Neighborhood Hero . Schedule Charging During Off-Peak Hours .

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GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

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Chevrolet made 100 Chevrolet Volts available for purchase on a priority basis last September to residents participating the Pecan Street Inc.ā€™s Pecan Street provided an additional rebate of $7,500 for the purchase of a Volt and a $3,000 rebate for residents who leased a Chevrolet Volt for three years or more.

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Personal: One in a Million

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I think thatā€™s fair since on a good day my 3 Ā½-year-old Chevrolet Volt has a 61-mile all-electric range, roughly comparable to a used Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500e. Part of how California got to its million-EV position is by offering substantial rebates to purchasers of new EVs. Would I have bought my Volt without the rebate?

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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

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Because ā€œearly adoptersā€ tend to cluster in the same neighborhoods and adding a plug-in vehicle is like adding another house to the circuit, in terms of load, SCE developed an operational strategy to upgrade distribution circuits. Weā€™re talking about 480 volts—a big circuit. —Ed Kjaer. —Ed Kjaer.

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