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Sprig Electric pairs Tesla Powerpack with rooftop PV system

Green Car Congress

The pairing, installed by Sprig Electric at their corporate headquarters in San Jose, will cut the building’s total energy costs by 80-95%. The components of the system include 1,177 solar panels that are spread over 20,000 square feet of the building’s roof top. MWh of energy and saved 4.94

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. With the coming solar feed-in tariff legislation moving through Sacramento that will pay us for the extra solar energy we produce and feed back into the grid.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

Creative Greenius

Frank didn’t mention anything about the different cities like Portland and San Jose to name a couple who are building the first wave of plug in infrastructure. Greetings From Plugged-In San Jose. He also didn’t have a word to say about the coming smart grid or vehicle to grid connections.

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

XLE $51,285 Limited $68,210 The Mirai qualifies for Federal and California state tax credits that could reduce your final cost, and potentially provide a coveted HOV carpool lane sticker. With a home charger and solar panels, the cost to charge an EV would be even less. What lies beneath Pricing The 2024 Mirai comes in two models.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Price and tax incentives need to be worked out. The California Public Utilities Commission, whose headquarters are in San Francisco, has brought together utilities, automakers and charging station companies in an urgent effort to write the new rules of the road. Locations must be found for charging stations.