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Tesla Motors road-tripping it from San Diego to Seattle with Supercharger corridor

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Grants Pass, Oregon (Friday, 1 November, 2pm). Springfield, Oregon (Saturday, 2 November, 9am). Along the way there will ribbon cutting ceremonies for 4 Supercharger stations: Corning, California (Thursday 31 October, 4pm). Shasta, California (Friday, 1 November, 9am).

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DOE Closes $1.4B Loan Agreement with Nissan to Support Production of LEAF and Batteries

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Nissan has formed more than a dozen partnerships in the United States, in markets including State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., billion to Ford Motor Company. Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C., and with Houston-based Reliant Energy. Earlier post.).

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year. By 2022, not even California will meet the 10% ZEV requirement.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Tesla Motors, Inc. University of Oregon. Stanford University (research partner and advisory board). University of California, San Diego. University of Texas at Austin. University of Washington. IBM (advisory board). advisory board). Increasing charging infrastructure in homes and workplaces. Southern Company: Georgia Power.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

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Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. Around the same time, General Motors will introduce the Chevrolet Volt, a vehicle able to go 40 miles on electricity before its small gasoline engine kicks in.

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September '06 - Tesla Roadster Unveiled, Electric Cars NOT DEAD YET!

Plugs and Cars

set the stage for the dramatic unveiling of the Tesla Motors Roadster in Santa Monica on July 19th. From Oregon to Florida, members continues to promote the film and promote the idea of electric cars at screenings. Tesla Motors provided one convincing answer in the business pages. Not Dead Yet” indeed.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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E-mail This Print Share Close Linkedin Digg Facebook Mixx My Space Permalink Automobiles , Efficiency , Energy Business , Energy Politics , General Business , The Environment , Transportation , chevy , electric cars , General Motors , obama , volt Related Posts From Green Inc. April 18, 2009 7:41 am Link I hope Kent B. The hell with the GMs.

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