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New California program to make clean cars affordable for lower-income residents

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The Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, run by the Oakland-based nonprofit Beneficial State Foundation, was launched with a $5-million CARB grant. The California Air Resources Board announced a new statewide grant and loan program to help lower-income consumers across California get into the cleanest new and used cars on the market.

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Pike Research forecasts US plug-in vehicle penetration rates to be highest in smaller states

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Pike Research forecasts that annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will reach 358,959 vehicles by 2017, representing a compound anual growth rate (CAGR) of 43% between 2011 and 2017. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA.

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California Energy Commission approves $46.6M for hydrogen refueling and $2.8M for EV charging projects

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million hydrogen, battery electric, and plug-in electric vehicles on the roadway by 2025. Linde LLC was awarded $4,250,000 to install two hydrogen refueling stations located in San Ramon and Oakland. Electric (Battery) Fuel Cells Hydrogen Infrastructure Plug-ins' California’s zero-emission vehicle goal is to get 1.5

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

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Electric Power Research Institute , based in Palo Alto, will receive $964,210 to retrofit five existing heavy-duty diesel work trucks with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain system. Purchased vehicles must be registered and driven in California at least 90% of the time for three years.

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Pike Research projects California, New York and Florida to lead US in PEV sales

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Pike projections of cumulative light duty plug-in electric vehicle sales, 10 largest MSAs by population, 2011-2017. Pike Research has earlier forecasted the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market at the national level in the US, globally, and within world regions and key countries. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Earlier post.)

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CARB approves Electrify America’s second $200M investment in California

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San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. This program will be designed to integrate with CARB’s recently announced “one-stop-shop,” which focuses on incentives for the ZEV purchase itself, and together these offerings will provide customers support throughout the entire purchase process. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. San Diego-Carlsbad.

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Electrify America announces $200M Cycle 2 zero emission vehicle investment plan for California

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San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. This program will be designed to integrate with CARB’s recently announced ‘one-stop-shop,’ which focuses on incentives for the ZEV purchase itself, and together these offerings will provide customers support throughout the entire purchase process. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. San Diego-Carlsbad.

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