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"Electric Vehicles: How Car Charging Is Going The Way Of Airbnb "

"PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Tim Thomson needed a charge, quickly. With his all-electric Nissan Leaf fast losing battery power and no places to plug in along the highway from Fresno, Calif., to San Francisco, Thompson turned to his iPhone. He pulled up an application called PlugShare that maps charging stations for electric vehicle drivers. A resident in nearby Madera had advertised his home charging station, so Thomson called in a panic."

Source: Greenwire, 08/04/2016

Admin. Announces $4.5 Billion In DOE Loan Guarantees For EV Charging

"The Obama administration has just announced that it will be making $4.5 billion in US Energy Department loan guarantees available for the support of a commercial-scale electric vehicle charging station buildout."

Source: Clean Technica, 07/26/2016

"American Drivers Regain Appetite for Gas Guzzlers"

"The single most effective action that most Americans can take to help reduce the dangerous emissions that cause climate change? Buy a more fuel-efficient car."

Source: NY Times, 06/27/2016

"Ontario To Spend $7-Billion On Sweeping Climate Change Plan"

"The Ontario government will spend more than $7-billion over four years on a sweeping climate change plan that will affect every aspect of life – from what people drive to how they heat their homes and workplaces – in a bid to slash the province’s carbon footprint."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 05/17/2016

"EPA Asks Volkswagen To Make Electric Cars In U.S.: Welt am Sonntag"

"U.S. authorities have asked the German carmaker Volkswagen to produce electric vehicles in the United States as a way of making up for its rigging of emission tests, the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported."

Source: Reuters, 02/23/2016

"Elon Musk Bulks Up Tesla Batteries in Leap Beyond Cars to Grid"

"Billionaire Elon Musk thinks he can pave the way to a better energy future by turning the mattress-shaped batteries in Tesla’s electric car into upright pillars so they can be used to power homes, businesses and even utilities."

Source: Bloomberg, 04/29/2015

"Experts: Powering Your Home With Batteries Is Going To Get Cheaper"

"In the past few weeks, there’s been a battery of new studies on batteries. Not the kind in your cellphone, but a much more revolutionary make – the kind that is already powering many cars, and that might someday help power your home."

Source: Wash Post, 04/17/2015

"GM Shows Bolt Electric Vehicle Concept With 200-Mile Driving Range"

"General Motors Co on Monday showed its Chevrolet Bolt concept car with an electric driving range of more than 200 miles and a $30,000 price tag, offering a view into where the U.S. automaker is pushing in development of electric vehicles (EV)."

Source: Reuters, 01/13/2015

"New Jersey Moves To Shut Down Tesla Sales Despite Protests"

"Oh sure, the Tesla Model S may be the 'best car sold in America' per Consumer Reports, and it may be a Wall Street darling and perhaps the only electric vehicles for which demand exceeds supply. But that didn't stop regulators in New Jersey from ordering Tesla to shut down its stores by April 1 because the company doesn't use dealers like every other automaker."

Source: Motoramic, 03/13/2014

"Hydrogen Fuel Cars in Showrooms Starting 2014"

"Hydrogen fuel cars will be offered by Hyundai, Honda, and Toyota, starting as early as next spring. Hydrogen fuel cars cause no air pollution and can be refueled like gasoline-powered cars, but fueling stations are scarce."

Source: AP, 11/21/2013

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