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The Port of San Diego just deployed one of the largest electric forklifts in the US

Baua Electric

Photo: SSA Marine The Port of San Diego has put the first commercially available, large-capacity, electric forklift made in the US into service. Leading the charge at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal is a 55,000-pound capacity Wiggins Yard eBull battery electric forklift. Get started here. –

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Retro Styling Kit Appears for the Toyota Tacoma

The Truth About Cars

An outfit called Flex has apparently been slinging these types of conversions for some spell but is now expanding its presence into America through a location in San Diego. Given the prices those things tend to command, especially in the SoCal market, it’s not entirely clear how much the kit itself costs.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

The EV’s homes are as might be expected, in the more populous and wealthier pockets of the San Francisco Bay Area and sprawling Los Angeles region stretching down to San Diego. Interest appears to be peaking and prices are holding steady or dropping for all but the outrageous luxury models. Tesla Model Y EV – 61,022.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. At IBM plants in San Diego, Endicott, N.Y, and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,

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GM expands Maven carsharing to Denver, LA and San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, is expanding to the western United States, adding the Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco markets. Pricing in each western market starts at $8 an hour and includes insurance and fuel. There are no monthly membership or application fees.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. National Drive Electric Week at the San Diego LBGT Community Center. The Nissan Ariya debuting at the San Diego National Drive Electric Week event on the Broadway Pier.

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GM Maven introduces monthly offering for members; vehicles include the Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Volt

Green Car Congress

Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, has expanded its offerings to include a new monthly service, Maven Reserve. Members can download the Maven app to view pricing by market in real time for Maven Reserve. Maven is a flexible mobility platform that provides members multiple offerings and pricing structures.

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