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Zipcar expands in Sacramento; 26th major metro market

Green Car Congress

with the support of the City of Sacramento, California, is expanding the number of vehicles in the region, as well as establishing an office in California’s capital city. Sacramento is a perfect example of our inside out approach to developing markets that may not have the density of a New York or San Francisco.

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Toyota introduces new RAV4 EV; 41.8 kWh pack, 100-mile range

Green Car Congress

The RAV4 EV will go on sale in late summer 2012 through select dealers, initially in four major California metropolitan markets including Sacramento, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles/Orange County and San Diego, with an MSRP of the RAV4 is $49,800. Sales volume is planned for approximately 2,600 units over the next three years.

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Driving iMiev

Plugs and Cars

88 miles straight up to Sacramento, recharging while attending the PEV Collaborative meeting at the CEC, and then straight back. In a Prius, the trip would have cost something over $40. His story of using the iMiev around Berkeley and San Francisco reminds me why most of the time I wish I still had my Th!nk nk rather than my RAV4 EV.

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

Green Car Congress

Markets include California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno); Colorado (Denver); Florida (Orlando, Tampa); New York (Albany, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester); Oregon (Eugene, Portland); Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston); Atlanta; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; St. Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

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Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. It's about 90 miles from my house in San Francisco to the Capitol in Sacramento.)

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

An early advocate for green energy, he drove the car to Sacramento in 2003, stopping in Davis, California to charge overnight before testifying before the California Air Resources Board (CARB). More of late, the chapter is sponsoring ride-and-drives at San Jose’s Lake Cunningham Park in partnership with Breathe California.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

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