San Francisco Mayor plugs in 3 PHEVs, makes a "soft" order for 250 more
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made sure everyone knew the three converted plug-in hybrids that are now a part of the municipal fleet were PHEVs by plugging them in at a ceremony on Thursday. San Francisco's new PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) were converted by Pat's Garage with funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and will be used by many parts of the city government including the Public Library and the Mayor's office. The city and county of San Francisco also put in a "soft" order to the big automakers committing to buy 200 plug-in hybrid cars and 50 plug-in hybrid trucks whenever the car makers decide to make 'em.
This is the latest in a long string of green car events in San Francisco. In the past, Mayor Newsom switched the city's entire fleet of cars from diesel to biodiesel and even turned waste grease into biodiesel to power the city's fleet of vehicles. Now, the Mayor has "the most plugged-in municipal fleets in the country." This is a mayor who really loves green cars.
[Source: ABC 7 News]
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Lad 2:20PM (2/24/2008)
It's a pleasure to see a politician who isn't afraid to back a new plan and can break away from the safety of business as usual.
If the project fails, would his career be done? I think not because he is fast gaining a reputation as an innovator and leading in innovation and change is what I think the American people wish of their politicians, Federal, State and Local.
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Dad 5:42PM (2/24/2008)
A real solution would be to reduce the car and truck pool in SF government by 20% and require all trips in each gov. vehicle to be 2 or more persons per vehicle. Or take the bus, or walk, or ride a bike. SF has the weather to allow all of this to happen.
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bluegreen 1:58AM (2/25/2008)
An even better solution would be to fix MUNI's pathetic on-time performance and extend the subway/light-rail to more neighborhoods. Installing real bike lanes so there's less fear of getting run over by inept drivers would nice too. By the way, there's been pouring rain with high winds for the past few days here. People still need to get to work when the weather is crap.
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Pablo 5:46AM (2/25/2008)
The best solution would be to use the citys bums to make biodiesel.
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